Is it permissible for a university student to pray in a shared prayer room for men and women—with a barrier preventing direct visibility—if there is a man present in the prayer room and no other place available to pray?
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It is permissible to pray in the prayer room (musalla) when the time for prayer arrives, even if there is only one man present, and this is not considered an unlawful seclusion ( muharramah); because the prayer room is a public place that anyone can enter at any moment.
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