Becoming a fitness instructor

Q: I want to work as a fitness instructor, but I have been told that it is haraam because I will be training women and they will be dressing inappropriately. Is it permissible for me to take up this job?

A: It is totally haraam and forbidden in Islam for a strange man to freely interact or be casual with non-mahram women. Imagine how much more serious and offensive it would be for one to become a fitness instructor for non-mahram women!

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

 

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)