Women
A Woman Not Returning a Man’s Greeting Fearing Fitnah
Shaykh Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baz
Local English rendering of the selected Arabic question and answer. The Arabic source remains authoritative; this is not an official published English edition.
Question
If a woman does not return a non-mahram man’s greeting for fear of fitnah, is she sinful?
Answer (English translation)
She should say, “And upon you be peace”; there is no fitnah. If she does not return it, she is sinful.