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Working as a fitness trainer

· 18 Jumada II 1440 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

I own a gym and I am also a qualified fitness trainer. I have kept my facility segregated i.e. I have different timings for ladies and gents. However, people frequently ask me why I have kept it segregated. What should I tell them?

Also, I have a question regarding training my clients. Someone contacted me and requested me to provide training services in their home for their elderly parents as his parents are very sick and old and can't come to my gym. What is the ruling regarding training the opposite gender? Is there a separate ruling for women who are elderly? Is there a separate ruling if the husband of the old woman is present or not?

Answer

Explain to them that we are required by the shariah to observe purdah from the opposite sex. Hence, men are not allowed to look at females and females are not allowed to look at males.

Request your wife to train the old woman.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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