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Fatwa CenterRuling on being alone with a non-Mahram woman in the elevator
Question
Is it forbidden to be in the elevator alone with a non-Mahram (marriageable) woman?
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, the Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger.
The Islamic ruling on a Muslim man being alone with a non-Mahram woman in the elevator is the same as their being in private in any other place. Yet perhaps it is more perilous in the elevator due to the narrow space which renders them quite close to each other. Hence, they are more likely to be tempted into impermissible looking and touching with the possibility that they might arrange a date with each other and other such evils. Undeniably, the devil circulates like blood in the human being; therefore, it is completely forbidden for a Muslim man to be alone with a non-Mahram woman according to the unanimous opinion of Muslim jurists; for the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: "No person should be alone with a woman except with a Mahram.” [Muslim]
Moreover, when a man is with a woman alone in private, the devil uses the situation to lure them into committing sins. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “Never is a man alone with a woman except that the devil is their third [party]. " [Ahmad]
Allaah Knows best.
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