Islamic life, in which Muslims live and conduct their general affairs where men and women are separated from each other, is established by the Qur'an and Sunnah. Men are separated from women in the private life, such as in the homes and the like, and in the public life, such as the markets and the roads. Such a style of life is further established by the overall Ahkam Shari'ah (divine rules) addressing the man separately, the woman separately, and both of them together. It is also established by the Qur'anic speech to women as women and men as men such as Allah's (swt) saying:

“The men and women who give charity and fasting men and women, and the men and women who guard their chastiity and the men and women who remember Allah much...” [Al- Ahzab: 35] and other verses. Such a segregated type of life is also reported as the actual practice in collective form since the days of the Prophet (pbuh) and throughout all the times of Islam.

As for the overall evidences, studying them leads us to notice that the Legislator did not accept the women's testimony in crimes, since women do not live where crimes predominantly take place. It obliged the woman to wear the Jilbab if she goes out of her home. It made the entire body of the woman as 'Awrah' (which must be covered) except her hands and face. It forbade her from revealing her charms to non-mahram men. It forbade men from looking at her private parts, even her hair. It forbade the woman from travelling, even to Hajj without her mahram. The Legislator also forbade people from entering homes without having permission. The Legislator did not oblige the woman to attend the Jamaah in the Masjid, Jummah, or to go for Jihad as it did for the man. We also find that it obliged the man, but not the woman, to strive and earn provision. Additionally, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) separated men from women, so He made the womens' lines in the masjid and in Salah behind the mens' lines; and He commanded women to leave the Masjid before men, in order for them to be separated. In his classes, a woman asked Him to designate a special day for women since men dominated the other days.