What is the ruling on my sister traveling to study in a city 50 kilometers away and staying in a university dormitory specifically for girls, knowing that the study is mixed but the female students are isolated from the young men?
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The basic principle is that there is no objection to a girl living outside her family home, provided she adheres to the
Shar'i and its etiquette, and that the place is safe from mixing with non- men and from any harm. As for a girl studying in a mixed-gender class, the mixing between genders in universities is forbidden and a cause for corruption. However, if a girl needs to study in a mixed-gender university, she must adhere to the controls of . If these conditions are met and the sister adheres to the controls, then there is no objection to her studying in the aforementioned university.
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