“Believers, turn together, all of you, to Allah in repentance that you may attain true success.”
(Al-Qur’ān – 24:31)
Believers are asked to repent for their lapses. They are further directed to mend their ways and mould their conduct in accordance with the directives of God and His Messenger. Allah’s Messenger ﷺintroduced some reforms in the Muslim society which are in keeping with the spirit of the above Qur’ānic injunctions.
The Blessed Messenger forbade people, even a woman’s male relatives, from meeting her alone, i.e. in the absence of her mahram relatives. He did not allow a non-mahram male to touch the body of a woman. He strictly forbade women from travelling with any non-mahram. He discouraged intermingling between men and women both by precept and practice.
In view of these explicit directives from God and His Messengerﷺ, a believer is left with only two options: to purge his own life, that of his family and that of society of the moral evils. If he is not able to do this, he should at least admit that he is committing a sin by not following these directives. A Muslim who violates God’s commands out of weakness should at least refrain from justifying his action. There are, however, people who openly flout the social norms set out by the Qur’ān and the Sunnah and adopt the ways in vogue in western society. The stand of such people cannot be appreciated by any decent person; nor can they expect any good in the Hereafter.