is COEDUCATION allowed in ISLAM???

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.


All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.


First of all, it should be noted that Islam cares much for the perseverance of morals and the maintenance of modesty and chastity in the Muslim society. To achieve this goal, Islam requires the highest degree of cautiousness when dealing with the members of the opposite sex. A Muslim is always asked to keep very remote from any thing that stimulates him or stirs his sexual urge. This includes looks, gestures, or free mixing.

The laws of Islam are from Allah, our Creator, who knows our weaknesses as well as our strengths better than we do. Women, by nature, desire to be looked at, adored and cherished, while man is inclined to look at women. Allah therefore warns us against our own nature, which may lead us astray if we do not exercise caution and take the necessary safeguards.

In the meantime, Islam has guaranteed the right of education for both men and women regarding it as an obligation upon every Muslim, male or female. The woman’s right to education is well established from the early days of Islam.

Undoubtedly, the free mixing of young boys and girls, close to the period of adolescence, in the relaxed environment of a school is very serious. It is a duty of Muslims to unite their efforts to eliminate this system in their countries and to set up schools, colleges and universities for both genders. Parents should search for separate schools to enroll their children. However, if a Muslim, male or female, is pressed to study at a mixed school, then he should exert his utmost to observe the Islamic standards of morality and keep away from all unlawful things.
“There is a well-known principle in Islamic law, which may be rendered in translation as "blocking the means (of evils)." This applies to any situation or condition which may be permissible in the first instance, but is calculated to lead to something forbidden. If it is generally deemed that there is a direct relationship between the original, permissible situation and the resulting forbidden one, then the original situation is pronounced as forbidden.

This is the prohibition of something which is acknowledged to be permissible in the first instance, because of the results it produces. In other words, should the circumstances change and the situation in question is deemed not to lead to the forbidden act, then it can no longer be pronounced as forbidden.

Co-education is one of such things. In the first instance, there is no harm in a group of people, men and women, boys and girls, to be present in a classroom, listening to a lecture, provided that everyone behaves properly, abiding by Islamic teachings and codes of conduct. But when we put together a group of young boys and girls, close to the period of adolescence, in the relaxed environment of a school where they meet and play, then it is asking too much of such young people to observe Islamic standards of morality. The results may be very serious indeed.

Therefore, we say that co-education is Islamically unacceptable, because of what it leads to, not because of the process of teaching or of the meeting of the two sexes in a classroom.”

Shedding more light on the issue, we’d like to state that "co-education is not an issue that has specifically been addressed by the Shari`ah. In other words, what we should keep in mind is the fact that co-education has not categorically been proscribed by the Almighty. However, there is no question about the view that it should be avoided, keeping in view the essence of the Islamic teachings regarding gender interaction and also the dictates of our intuition.

As far as the arguments in favor of co-education are concerned, the strongest argument put forth by its proponents, is the exhortation that Islam has extended to Muslims to allow their women into mosques and let them offer prayer in congregation if they want to. Why on earth should it not be allowed in schools and colleges then? This seems to be the strongest of all arguments offered by them since, through this, they manipulate a religious directive in their own favor.

A little deliberation here will reveal that there is a world of difference between the environment of a mosque and that of a school. In mosques, we indeed have an overwhelming feeling of the presence of the Almighty. Moreover, our intentions to visit and our concept regarding the sanctity of the mosque make a real difference in this respect. In spite of all this, Islam further enjoins certain etiquette to be observed by both Muslim men and women while they are in their Lord’s House. They are never allowed to intermingle freely or sit side by side. Ladies are directed to cover themselves properly and men have been directed to lower their gaze of which they become profoundly aware when they enter the sacred house. Is the situation with schools the same? Of course not. It is for this reason that co-education in schools and colleges must not be extrapolated on the basis of the permission given to women to attend mosques.

In fact, the tremendous loss caused by co-education is moral degeneration. The students are completely exposed to the opposite sex. Curiosity plays its role well in this regard. The wrong ideals set by the media and the awful bombardment of immoral images and characters fill the space left out by the germs of curiosity implanted by Satan. This reality coupled with the fact that they are mostly devoid of the supervision of any true and sincere mentor at school in that their teachers themselves do not present their students with a role model of morality, cause the innocent students to fall prey to the deadly predator of sexual impurity.

Thus, the ideal situation that springs to mind when one takes into consideration the spirit of Islamic teachings and dictates of common sense is that provision of separate class rooms for male and female students is imperative. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the (Muslim) governments to make necessary arrangements in order to realize this end."

MASHA ALLAH BHAI NICE
JAZAK ALLAH KHAIR

ALLAH PAK BLESS U

JAZAKALLAH.nice reply bro.thanx alot 4 guiding me .now i am much cleared about what i asked n also m clear what shud one do if he/she z studying in coeducation.
thanx.MAY GOD BLESS u

my pleasure sister MAY ALLAH PAK BLESS U IN THIS WORLD AND HEREAFTER

ameen

ap sllalha ne ye bhi to

farmaya he ke sabse pahele husne ikhlak shikna chahiya
aur insan ko islam me ane ke bad ya momin hone ke bad
kiy karna chhi ye

to pahele ye pura karo

Very interesting discoveries of

Dr. Tariq Al Swaidan

might grasp your attention:

Dr.Tarig Al Swaidan discovered some verses in the

Holy Qur'an
i.e. men are equal to women.

Although this makes sense grammatically,

the astonishing fact is that the number of

times the word man appears in

the Holy Qur'an

is 24 and number of times the word

woman appears is also 24,

therefore not only is this phrase correct in

the grammatical sense but also true mathematically,

i.e. 24 = 24.


That mention one thing is equal to another,This means that no discrimination has been mainatained between men and women. then can separate women from educational system. So far as coeducation is concerned it is not prohibited by religion but by tradition. so far men and women mainatain Islamic dressing code nobody can raise question . however studying in boys and girls school should be preferred because by Researches it has been found that students do better in boys and girls school than in co-ed
school. Boys performance is found relatively poor in co-ed schools.

Bismillah Hir Rahman Nir Raheem

Assalam o Allaikum


Plz see this video

NICE NICE REPLY SAJJAD BHAI

THX ARIF BHAI ALLAH BLESS U

Jazak Allah sajjad bhai.
apne taqreeban her aspect s iss topic ko clear ker dya h aur mere hayyal m aur kuch kehne ki zrorat ni.
sister aasia ka sawal........... wese to apne sajjab bhai s pocha, leken agr gustahi na samjein sajjad bhai (sajjad bhai me also from GRW) to m ye kehna chahon ga k jahan tk mera knowledge h..... pak m jo co-educated school & colleges h, i think k wo zyada costly h as compare to those which have separate system (this is just my idea)... bcoz co-educated system institutes tend to show themselves modern institutes and have proud on them and definitely they charge more fees than others and one reason of their high fee is also this that now a days in our ROSHAN HAYYAL pak,,,,,,,,, we all people wish that our children are more and more ROSHAN HAYYAL, so they try to send their children in such institutions and this is natural that bcoz of high demand, those institutes charge high fees.
what do u say about my opinion??

NICE REPLY DEAR

YES BROTHER SAEED!
YOU ARE RIGHT. LAIKIN THORA SA IKHTLAF KARNE KI GUSTAKHI KAR REHI HOON WOH YEH KEH MAIN JEHAN TAK JAANTI HOON AUR JIN HALAAT MAIN REH REHI HOON, MAIN NE USS KI HI BAAT KARNI HAI JO KEH GHALAT HAI. LAIKIN INSAAN GHALTION SE HI SEEKHTA HAI. YEHAAN PAR MUJHE AESA KOI SCHOOL NAZAR NAHIN AATA JO KUM FEES LETA HO AUR PARHAAI BHI SAHEE HO. HAR PARENTS KA YEH MAQSAD AUR KHWAISH HOTI HAI KEH UNN KI AULAAD KUM AZ KUM MOJOODA HALLAT KA MUQABLA KARNE KE QABIL HO JAAIN. AGAR GOVT KE SCHOOL SE BACHOON KO TAHLEEM DILWAAIN JEHAN CO-EDUCATION NAHIN HAI TUO ISS SOORAT MAIN UN KE BACHHAY DOOSRON KE MUQABLAY MAIN KUCH BHI NAHIN HOTAY. GOVT KE SCHOOLON MAIN TUO TEACHER SIRF TANKHWAH KE LEIYE RAKHE JAATAY HAIN. PARHAAI NAAM KI KOI CHEEZ NAHIN HOTI. MERE PAAS AIK BACHA AAYA KEH MAIN USS KI HELP KAROON, WOH 6TH CLASS MAIN THA MAGAR USSAY URDU HAROOF-E-TAHAJJI NAHI AATAY THAY. MALOOM HUA KEH HAR BAR TEACHER KO GIFT DE KAR PASS HO JATA HAI. ISS SOORAT MAIN KOI BHI WALDAIN APNE BACHE KO AESAY SCHOOLON MAIN KESAY PARHAAIN GAY. MERA KHAYAAL YA EXPERIENCE GHALAT BHI HO SAKTA HAI LAIKIN MOSTLY AESA HO RAHA HAI. ISS KA MATLUB YEH HUA KE YA TUO WOH WALDAIN APNI AULAAD KO TAHLEEM DENE KA KHWAB NAH DEKHAIN YA PHIR KHUD BHOOKAY REH KAR AULAAD KO AESAY SCHOOL MAIN BHEJAIN JEHAAN SE WOH KUCH SEEKH SAKAIN. AB AGAR WOH KISSI BHI BEHTAR SCHOOL MAIN JANA CHAIAN GAY TUO PHIR CO-EDUCATION KA MASAULAA HO GA. KHAIR INN CHEEZON KA SAMNA HUM NE KARNA HI HAI JAB TAK KEH HAMAARAY MULK KI HALAT NAHIN SANWARTI. ALLAH HUM PAR REHM FARMAAYE AUR ISS PAKISTAN KO HUMAARAY KHWABOON JESA BANA DE. AAMEEN

i have read what every one has said well being educated in america i grew up in coeducation enviroment and i mean if you are strong in your faith and everyone knows that you arent there to date and everything then you should be ok but if you are there hiding your faith under the rug then you are sending mix messages to the opposite sex. i mean i turned out great lol salaams

MA'AM!
You are quite right and I think we can expect lot of maturity from a growing child in America but here in Pakistan we cant see such maturity in a boy or girl of 10 to 17 years old. Keeping in view the culture and tradition in an Islamic state where parents dont allow their daughter to go even out of their homes, where they are not allowed to watch TV or films, where they dont mingle up with the boys, how can we expect such like confidence and faith from them.
Yes, if we follow the Islamic teachings truely and with spirit we may over come these problems but again Islam and modrenisation can not be followed side by side. We are heading towards modrenisation keeping the Islamic teachings aside and this trend has created more problems for us.
As per Islamic teachings, education is must for both men and women but it is also must for the muslim to adhere the Islamic laws. In present situation we are feeling some difficulties in fulfilling the both laws. Insha Allah very soon we will overcome these problems. Allah may help us in this regards.Aameen

Asalam o alikum

@ sister Asia

dear sister i m almost agree with the reply of my brother saeed , dear sister what u say about that point which brother saeed mentioned ? try to explain that than INSHALLAH i will explain further, and thx for ur apprication MAY ALLAH PAK BLESS U

@ brother Saeed

thanks brother for appriciation and i m very much agreed with ur reply u gave to sister Aasia
and i m glad to know that u r my city mate
MAY ALLAH PAK BLESS U IN THIS WORLD AND HEREAFTER

ASSLAM-O-ALAIKUM!
DEAR BROTHER! I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR MESSAGE. ABOUT WHICH POINT OF BROTHER SAEED, YOU ARE ASKING? PLEASE CLEAR IT AND I WILL TRY TO DO MORE ABOUT IT. THANKS AND NO NEED TO THANK ME FOR APPRECIATION. ITS REALLYY GOOD.

Assalam-o-alaikum
well sister aasia....... i don't wanna discuss this more, bcoz if u don't have oppurtunity there in ur city/area, it is really disappointing.
but as much as i know, including me.... most of the university students come from govt. school and the case u mentioned is true......... but as for my experience, i was home tutor when i was engineering student in lahore....... i teached children of Beacon House, Lahore Grammer School and many other famous schools...... and know some case who were at level 8-9, but having the same level as u mentioned in ur experience........ so exceptions are always there..... i also know govt. school students who are position holders in the board and still many positions are occupied by govt. school and college students......
anyway.... i will pray that God give us His favors and we r on right path.

THANKS BROTHER FOR YOUR DETAILED RESPONSE. I AM REALLY THANKFUL TO YOU FOR YOUR PRAY. ALLAH KARAY KE HUMAARAY MULK MAIN EIMAANDARI LOTE AAYE. AAMEEN

i hav gone through all the discussion..n cme 2 conclusion that even if u r studying in COEDUCATION...agar app ka eeman mazbut hay r ap islam kay bataiy huay asulon ko follow kartay hian to that dznt matter u study in coed r not....r umar say kia fark parta hay...bachpun say hi seekhian gay to pata chalay ga ..even at age f 10 to 17 kids shud b taught tht hw to behave n wrk wth opposite sex..as per teachings of islam...
app ka dil saaf ho ,iraada naik ho r maksad sirf parhai ho to COEDUCATION isnt the issue...u shud be sincere 2 what u r doing....like in my case i am an engineering std...n hardly i can find out any uni in my surrounding where theree isnt COEDU..so what shud i do inspite following all that i hav mentioned above.....am i RIGHT??? do u all agree with me???

u r absolutely right sister.
actually the main thing now under consideration was........ we don't have such a firm eeman at that level and because of that we can slip from right path......
u r right that this thing needs PUKHTAGI of eeman.... and if we have a good islamic tarbiat from our homes, there are less chances for going towards wrong sides. but offcourse opposite sex has always attraction, and this thing should be avoided as much as we can...... but if, as u mentioned there is no institute, then we definitely need a good care of this issue while we are in co-education and in that environment need to follow the islamic teaching which are told to us, that how to behave and do in an environment where both genders are present and as sajjad bhai mentioned........ then individual responsibilities of both girls and boys are required and are very much important.

I AGREE WITH YOU MY BROTHER! I AM UNABLE TO MENTION ALL THE PROBLEMS WHICH ARE BEING FACED BY A MIDIOCAR FAMILY IN PAKISTAN. A SERVING PERSON WHO HAS TO CHANGE HIS HOUSE AND EVEN THE SCHOOLS OF HIS CHILDREN, HAS TO FACE NO OF PROBLEMS IN ADMISSION IN SCHOOLS. ANY HOW, I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT UNIVERSITY LEVEL EDUCATION BECAUSE AT THIS AGE A CHILD DOES NOT REMAIN A CHILD. HE OR SHE BECOMES A MAN OR WOMAN AND CAN TAKE CARE OF HIS RELIGIUOS PROSPECTS BUT THE PROBLEM TILL HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE LEVEL REMAINS THE PROBLEM.
EVEN A LADY STUDYING IN UNIVERSITY CAN NOT ADHERE THE ISLAMIC LAWS AT ALL. SHE MAY BE ABLE TO SAVE HERSELF FROM GETTING INVOLVED IN SEXUAL RELATION WITH THE MEN BUT IN THE MEANTIME SHE HAS TO LEAVE NO OF ISLAMIC ORDERS ASIDE. FOR EXAMPLE SHE HAS TO FACE AND SEE THE MEN WITH HER EYES, SHE HAS TO LISTEN THE MEN, SHE HAS TO SEEK HELP FROM THEM ETC ETC. IT IS ALSO FORBIDDEN IN ISLAM.

i totally agree....acha u mentioned
EVEN A LADY STUDYING IN UNIVERSITY CAN NOT ADHERE THE ISLAMIC LAWS AT ALL. SHE MAY BE ABLE TO SAVE HERSELF FROM GETTING INVOLVED IN SEXUAL RELATION WITH THE MEN BUT IN THE MEANTIME SHE HAS TO LEAVE NO OF ISLAMIC ORDERS ASIDE. FOR EXAMPLE SHE HAS TO FACE AND SEE THE MEN WITH HER EYES, SHE HAS TO LISTEN THE MEN, SHE HAS TO SEEK HELP FROM THEM ETC ETC. IT IS ALSO FORBIDDEN IN ISLAM.

so in this case what shud a lady do.i mean is tarha 2 wo gunnah kar rahi hay namehram ko daikhna,sunana.to is kay liya kiya kiyaaa jaiy...
this question is 4m sajjad bhai if he can answer plzzz

respectable sisters Aasia and Black
Asalam o alikum

sister Asia mere kehne ka matlab yeh hi tha jaisa saeed bhai ne kaha k humare pakistan mein co-education private schools mein hai aur private schools hi expensive bi hain to Govt school mein co-education bi nahi hai aur woh hain bi less expensive so aisa kya financial majbori hogi jo hume co-education per force karti hai ?

sister Asia ap ne jo Govt schools ki khamyan batai hain main ap se ittefaq karta hon but pyari behna taleem hasil karna student per depend karta hai k us mein kitni talab hai zarori nahi k private scool ka her bacha kamyab ho aur Govt school ka her bacha nakamyab. main ne primary taleem eik aisa Govt school se hasil ki hai jahan chairs bi nahi thein aur hum zameen per beth ker parhte thay lekin mujhe shoq tha parhne ka main ne punjab university se masters kia gold medal hasil kia , university of toronto se Mphil kia lekin meri base to Govt school k teachers ne hi banai na.

ab dosre point ki taraf ate hain jo sister Black ne kaha
sister Black bat school level se ho rahi thi aur eik student jo primary mein hai us ka iman itna pukhta nahi hota kyn k us age mein insan ki soch itni pukhta nahi hoti k woh achay bure la sahi faisla ker sake ( i m talking about average people not exceptions) to hume eik immature bache k iman ko azmana hi nahi chahiye bal k mazboot karna chahye.

han jahan tak ap ne university education ki bat ki hai to ap ne khud hi us point ko clear ker dia hai jo batein ap ne likhi hain bilkul theek likhi hain payri behna Allah taala ne hume jo rasta bataya hai us se hatne ki majboran bi ijazat nahi , ab is baat ka faisla hume karna hai k dunyawi taleem k liye hum gunah k murtakib hon woh behter hai ya deen k liye dunyawi taleem ko ignore karna .

han Allah pak bohat RAHEEM KAREEM AUR BENIAZ hai woh humare dilon k hal janta hai humari niyat janta hai aur amaal ka dar o madar niyat per hai fi zamana aur and muasharti taur per hume jin mushkilat ka samne hai Allah se behter koi nahi janta woh sab dekh raha hai . aur yeh faisla us ne karna humara kaunsa amal ghalt hai aur kaunsa sahi kis k badle hume jaza mili gi aur kis k badle saza.


jab insan mushkil mein hota hai wohi us k iman ki asal azmaish hoti hai k kya woh majbori mein bi Allah pak k batae hue raste per chalta hai ya koi aur rasta apnata hai.

meri naqas aqal aur naqas ilm jo kehta tha main ne bata dia.Allah pak hume sahi raste per chalne ki taufiq ata farmae.

sister Aasia aur sister black
main ne sirf apni rae ka izhar kia hai ap k kisi be bat ki mukhalfat nahi ki ap dono ko ALLAH PAK ne ilm aur shaoor ata farmaya hai jahan ap log meri bat mein ghalti dekhein mujhe guide zaror kijeye ga

beshak insan khata ka putla hai aur Allah pak maaf karne wala hai

ALLAH PAK ap dono ko shad o abad rakhe
bhai ko dua mein yaad rakhye ga

SAJJAD BHAI.
VERY WELL DONE. AAP NE BOHAT MEHNAT AUR BARI TAFSEEL SE TOPIC PAR SAIR HASIL BAAT KI. ISS KE LEIYE MAIN AAP KI MAMNOON HUON. SIRF AIK BAAT KEHNA CHAHTI HUON KEH AAP NE JO APNI MISAAL DI AUR ISS TARAH KE BOHAT SE AUR LOG BHI HUON GAY. ISS MAIN KOI SHAK NAHI.LAIKIN AAP KHUD HI SOCHEIYE KEH AAP KE USS SCHOOL SE FARIGH HANAY WALAY HAZAROON STUDENTS MAIN SE AAP KI TARAH K KITNAY NIKLAY? MAIN YEH BHI MAANTI HUON KE JISS KO TALEEM KA SHOQ HOTA HAI WOH PARH HI JAATA HAI LAIKN AIK MUSHAHIDA YEH BHI HAI KEH JIN STUDENTS MAIN ILM HASIL KARNAY KA ZARA BHI SHOQ NAHIN HOTA, USTAAD UNN MAIN BHI SHOQ PAIDA KAR DETAY HAIN. AAJ KAL KE DUOR MAIN AESAY USTAADON KA MILNA AGAR NAMUMKIN NAHIN TUO MUSHKIL ZAROOR HAI. AIK WAQT THA JAB USTAAD APNA TIME LAGA KAR STUDENTS KO SIKHANE K LEIYE LAMBHAY FASLAY TEH KARTAY THAY, SCHOOL KE BAHD BHI STUDENTS KO TIME DETAY THAY MAGAR KOI TUTION FEES NAHIN LETAY THAY. WOH STUDENT SEEKHTAY BHI THAY MAGAR AAJ KAL KIA HO RAHA HAI AAP KHOOB JANTAY HAIN. PRIVATE SCHOOLS MAIN KAM AZ KAM ITNA TUO HOTA HAI KEH AGAR RESULT ACHA NAH AAYE TUO ADMINISTRATION USS TEACHER KO NIKAAL DETI HAI JABKEH GOVT KE SCHOOLON MAIN POOCHNAY WALA KUON HAI ? PHIR HAMAARAY BOHAT SE MAAMAY CHACHAY KURSION PAR BHI TUO HAIN JIN KI BAAT KOI TAAL NAHIN SAKTA. AGAR KISSI NE KUCH KARNAY KI KOSHISH KI TUO JHAT SE SAFARISH KARWA DI JATI HAI. KHAIR MERA MAQSAD APNE MULK KE NIZAAM-E-TALEEM KI KHAMIAN BYAN KARNA NAHI BALKEH UNN KI NISHAN DEHI KAR KE UNHAIN DUOR KARNA HAMAARA MAQSAD HANA CHAHEIYE. ALLAH TAHALAA HAMAIN ISS KI TUOFEEQ DE. AAMEEN.

very well done.
i have learned much from this topic........ now when we are much much clear abt the issues, and solutions also,,,,,
plz let we try to implement good things from ourselves.
her banda apnay apko theik ker le to inshallah sub kuch theik ho jai ga.
Allah hamsabko iski toufeeq day.
aameen.