Some women come to Hajj without a mahram (a relative one may not marry) and claim that this is permissible according to the Maliki school! What is the answer?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: In my country, women usually come to Hajj without a mahram, and they claim in my country that this is permissible according to the Maliki school. He says: How...
Answer:
But it is not permissible according to the Prophetic school. This is not allowed. It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel except with a mahram. The Maliki school is a school of independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) that errs and hits the mark, and the criterion is the evidence, not the schools and opinions.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: In my country, women usually come to Hajj without a mahram, and they claim in my country that this is permissible according to the Maliki school. He says: How...
Answer:
But it is not permissible according to the Prophetic school. This is not allowed. It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel except with a mahram. The Maliki school is a school of independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) that errs and hits the mark, and the criterion is the evidence, not the schools and opinions.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1220 -3022] بعض النساء يأتين إلى الحج من دون محرم ويحتجون أن هذا على المذهب المالكي! فما الجواب؟ — youtube.com
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