Why We Don’t Allow Men & Women Sit Together In The Mosque- Chief Iman Explains

The chief Iman of Adiam Memorial Central Mosque Iporo Ake in
Abeokuta has explained why they don’t allow men and women sit together in the mosque even though some people have termed it segregation of women in the mosque. Here is
what he told Vanguard Newspaper;

Sitting with or among the opposite s*x is strictly prohibited.
When men and women sit together, it results to different mishaps happening in
our society like fornication, adultery, s*xually transmitted diseases and even
unwanted pregnancies. The major reason for this segregation in Islam is that
whatever you are close to, can make you sin. The only reason that a man and
woman can sit together in Islam is only when the two parties are related by
blood.

The Qur’an went as far as teaching us that in Islam, men and
women should not handshake, hug or peck the opposite s*x that they are not
related with. The sitting arrangement in the mosque is a vivid example of what
is expected of Muslims whereby where the menfolk will be seated will be
different from where the female will be seating. Nowadays, most mosques have
where the female will have their ablution separately and it will be far from
where the male will have theirs and they do not share the same toilet. In fact,
the women do not see the Imam during prayer but only here his voice because of
the way mosque are built. Even when we have societal gathering like funerals,
weddings  in Islam, it is expected of us
as Muslims to seat separately and segmented.