Seclusion at workplace

Question

Hello and blessings. I work in an office where there is a separate inner office for the manager, and outside of the manager's office there are places for the other employees. Sometimes the other employees go on break and I am left in the office alone. Is there a problem with my sitting there alone? It should be noted that the outer office door is transparent, but one cannot see all the places through it.

Answer

Dear …!
If he you sit in a place where you can be seen from the entrance, there is no problem. But if you are in a place where you cannot be seen from the entrance, it depends on whether the other workers might enter at any moment; if so, there is no problem. But if not, there is a problem of forbidden seclusion.

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