Public Places and Moderation Fatwa No: 535006
- Fatwa Date:23-7-2026
As I am visiting a new country, my company is taking us on a paid trip for safari, which i really wanted to see. Now, I have informed them of my beliefs and they have exempted me from other events which contain things like alcohol and free mixing. However, I was just weighing, that obviously, female colleagues etc will not have Islamic attire, and other people might be free mixing (Non-Muslims), but I keep to myself and wanted to just go this time to experience the safari.
What does Islam say?
All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.
Going on a trip to view wild animals is, in principle, permissible. Its permissibility is not nullified by the presence of non-Muslims, nor is it nullified by the possibility of seeing immodestly dressed women — this is something that has become widespread and unavoidable in public places, and what is required is simply to lower one's gaze upon seeing such women.
We have noticed in your questions a tendency toward whispers (waswasah) and exaggeration (ghuluww), and we advise you to distance yourself from that.
The Messenger of Allah said: "Ruined are those who go to extremes (al-mutanaṭṭi'ūn), ruined are those who go to extremes, ruined are those who go to extremes."(Muslim)
Al-Nawawi said in his commentary: "That is, those who go too deep, who exceed the proper limits, transgressing the bounds in their words and their deeds." (End of quote)
And He said: "Indeed, this religion is ease, and no one makes it a rigid burden except that it overwhelms him." (Bukhari)
Allah knows best.