Dalam Islam, prinsip asas dalam interaksi antara lelaki dan wanita ialah pengasingan. Ini bermakna dalam semua bidang kehidupan dan di semua tempat, sama ada persendirian atau awam, pergaulan antara lelaki dan wanita secara umumnya dilarang. Banyak dalil menetapkan prinsip tidak bercampur antara jantina, dan terdapat banyak hadis yang menjelaskan bahawa ini berlaku dalam kawasan awam mahupun persendirian.

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: