Umar, a senior companion of Muhammad and a powerful caliph, related that the Prophet Muhammad said, Not one of you should meet a woman alone unless she is accompanied by a relative (mahram). The Prophet also reportedly said, Whenever a man is alone with a woman, Satan is the third among them.

Is marriage a commandment LDS?

Eternal Marriage Is Essential for Exaltation But to Latter-day Saints, marriage is much more. Our exaltation depends on marriage, along with other principles and ordinances, such as faith, repentance, baptism, and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost.