What is the ruling on supplicating for success for a student studying at a mixed-gender university and on praising Allah for achieving a specialization therein? And does the prostration of a player whose awrah is not covered after scoring a goal carry the same ruling as praising Allah for a sin?
The ruling on mixing and its danger must be clarified to those who wish to enroll in mixed universities.
There appears to be no prohibition against supplicating for success and well-being for someone studying in a mixed university, especially if they are not present in the mixed environment.
Prostration of thanks (sujud al-shukr) is not legislated when scoring a goal in a football match, because it is not considered a blessing that necessitates thanks, and this is further confirmed if the conditions of prayer are not met.
Scholars have differed regarding the condition of purity and covering the 'awrah for the prostration of thanks and the prostration of recitation. Some of them have favored not stipulating these conditions.
The thigh is not an 'awrah that must be covered as an obligation like the front and back private parts, but it is an 'awrah that should be covered as a matter of noble character.
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