Sex Segregation: Events Without Mixing Where Possible
We separate men and women at our events, for that is purer for the hearts, as Allah tells us
The pillar
وَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَـٰعًا فَسْـَٔلُوهُنَّ مِن وَرَآءِ حِجَاب
Meaning: “And when you ask them for something, ask them from behind a partition.”
How we derive it
Allah commanded the Companions, when asking the Mothers of the Believers for anything, to ask from behind a partition, and then said: “That is purer for your hearts and their hearts.” If this applied to the purest of hearts, we are in greater need of it, so we keep a barrier between men and women at our events as far as we can.
What it means for our events
The sexes are separated at all events as much as possible, and mixing is prevented.