Hadith 119

Riyad as-Salihin

Book 17: The Book of the Prohibited actions

Chapter 291

Prohibition of Meeting a non-Mahram Woman in Seclusion

باب تحريم الخلوة بالأجنبية

Riyad as-Salihin 1629
وعن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ ‏ ‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏
"‏لا يخلون أحدكم بامرأة إلا مع ذي محرم‏"
Ibn Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "No one of you should meet a woman in privacy unless she is accompanied by a Mahram (i.e., a relative within the prohibited degrees)."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].