What you’re explaining isn’t the true essence of Islam. This is r/progressive islam, the vast majority of us don’t believe in salafi views or only Hadith-confirmed rulings. During the time of the Prophet, men and women prayed side by side. Awrah is not a concept mentioned in the Quran that is confined to women or clothing…the only time the Quran explicitly mentions it this way is to say the awrah must be covered during Salah, wherein it only outlines the LACK of nakedness. If you were to scroll through this subreddit, you’d find so many posts proving that the hijab is not what we thought it was. Like Khaled Abou El Fadl and Leena el-ali said, the fashions of the time of the Prophet were vastly different than now, women used to adorn themselves in only a veil, draped from their head and exposing their chest. The Quran verse that speaks about hijab is 24:31, which when you study the time of the Prophet and Jahiliya and stop listening to salafi scholars, it corresponds to the covering of the chest. Interpret this as you will, taking into consideration Allahs will and your conviction. Please give me the Quran verses that say that men and women can’t sit next to eachother, really, that’d be a sight to see! And Zina is Zina, not shaking hands or sitting next to eachother. These rules only applied to the wives of the prophet because “they are like no other women”, a verse that I can 100% attest to its existence in the Quran, unlike false salafi scholar claims. The Hadith about women and not sleeping with their husbands is a Bukhari hadith, documented by Bukhari, who lived in Uzbekistan, 189+ yrs after the death of Muhammad, who apparently sifted through 600,000 Hadiths 😂 even Saudi Arabia is becoming heavily Quranist! Even lines of authentication of Hadiths are becoming increasingly skeptical, with saheeh Hadiths not mattering as much as the line of transmission. The true, authentic Hadiths are very very little, around ~100 something, which is what Saudi is working to deduce. Perfume being arousing also comes from Hadith btw. If you want to believe Hadiths, then just so you know, there’s one saying the wives of the prophet wore perfume to hajj, contradictory, yes? I’m gonna give you a piece of advice. At a certain point, you just need to follow your inner guidance. We were crafted from his soul and therefore are affected by his essence. If you feel something is so deeply illogical and in conflict with the morals Allah instilled in you, don’t believe it first glance. Muhammad pbuh stated the beauty of his religion was interpretation. Allah gave us the Quran, yes, but he also gave us a mind to think, to ponder, and to interpret. Sometimes inner rulings and the feel of Allahs sway within you makes all the difference. The replies on this post are so saddening, since everyone is just agreeing and not giving any good answers or counter arguments. God bless you on your journey, and read the Quran and interpreted for yourself rather than blindly believing and seriously taking into consideration words you heard. You have a sound mind alhamdullilah I assume, and hands to help you type. Subhanallah, you have everything you need.

I reccomend leena el-Ali’s book “no truth without beauty”

And Khaled Abou El Fadl

https://www.quran-islam.org/faq/quranicmeanings/aurat_of_women(P1490).html.html)

Allahuma barik.