Is it permissible for a woman to travel from Jeddah to Riyadh without a mahram?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is it permissible for a woman to travel alone from Jeddah to Riyadh, since her husband resides in Riyadh and she is studying in Jeddah? He says: May Allah reward you, is it permissible for a woman to travel alone from Jeddah to Riyadh, since her husband resides in Riyadh and she is studying in Jeddah, given that her travel time by plane is one hour or an hour and a half?
Answer:
The ProphetMishkat al-Masabih 3330 Sahih Ibn Hibban 10:1049. So you say it is permissible for her, and the Prophet says it is not permissible. This is not permissible. Sunan al-Bayhaqi 4:1439 By plane, by car, on riding animals, or on foot. The hadith is absolute. He did not specify a particular mode of transport.
It is a general hadith for every time and place, and the mahram is in the woman's interest, a protection for the woman, and a safeguard for the woman, whether in a plane or otherwise. We do not contradict the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with cold rationalizations. We say the travel is short, and the woman is with a group, and the like of that. And we oppose the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih Muslim 1339b and Yemen.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 10:1049 It is absolute; the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not exclude anything. The woman needs the mahram whether she is in a plane, in a car, or with a group. The group are mahrams for her; they are mahrams for her. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is it permissible for a woman to travel alone from Jeddah to Riyadh, since her husband resides in Riyadh and she is studying in Jeddah? He says: May Allah reward you, is it permissible for a woman to travel alone from Jeddah to Riyadh, since her husband resides in Riyadh and she is studying in Jeddah, given that her travel time by plane is one hour or an hour and a half?
Answer:
The Prophet
God’s Messenger as saying, “It is not lawful for a woman who believes in God and the last day
صلى الله عليه وسلم قال لا يحل لامرأة تؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر أنtravel except with a mahram
تسافر إلا ومعها ذو محرمShe does not travel except with a mahram
لا تسافر إلا مع محرمIt is a general hadith for every time and place, and the mahram is in the woman's interest, a protection for the woman, and a safeguard for the woman, whether in a plane or otherwise. We do not contradict the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with cold rationalizations. We say the travel is short, and the woman is with a group, and the like of that. And we oppose the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)
It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah
لا يحل لامرأة تؤمن باللهto travel except with a mahram
أن تسافر إلا ومعها ذو محرم
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2676- 4717] هل يجوز للمرأة أن تسافر من جدة إلى الرياض بدون محرم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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