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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 Prophet
God’s Messenger as saying, “It is not lawful for a woman who believes in God and the last dayصلى الله عليه وسلم قال لا يحل لامرأة تؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر أن
Mishkat al-Masabih 3330
travel except with a mahramتسافر إلا ومعها ذو محرم
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.
She does not travel except with a mahramلا تسافر إلا مع محرم
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)
It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allahلا يحل لامرأة تؤمن بالله
Sahih Muslim 1339b
and Yemen.
to travel except with a mahramأن تسافر إلا ومعها ذو محرم
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.
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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