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Is it permissible to work as a taxi driver given the possibility of being alone with customers?

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Originally, it is permissible to work as a taxi driver, unless it involves forbidden acts, in which case they must be avoided. If a woman alone hails him, he should not stop for her, because a woman riding alone with a taxi driver is considered forbidden seclusion (khalwa).

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