A cikin Musulunci, ka'idar asali a cikin mu'amalar da ke tsakanin maza da mata ita ce rabuwa (al-fasl). Ma'ana, a dukkan fannonin rayuwa da kuma a dukkan wurare, ko na sirri ko na jama'a, haduwa tsakanin maza da mata an hana ta gaba daya. Akwai dalilai masu yawa da ke tabbatar da ka'idar rashin hadewar jinsi, kuma akwai hadisai masu yawa da ke bayyana cewa haka lamarin yake a wuraren jama'a da kuma wuraren sirri.

In Islam, the basic principle of the interaction between men and women is segregation. This means that in all areas of life and in all places whether private or public, contact between men and women is generally prohibited. Many evidences establish the principle of not mixing between the sexes, and there are many ahadith which clarify that this is the case in both public and private areas: