The ruling on one who travels alone by airplane when he does not know the other passengers
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Question : Shaykh, regarding the one who travels alone by airplane in these days, does the hadith about the traveler being a devil apply to him, considering that the airplane is full of people?
Answer : No, how? How many passengers are on the airplane? I say there is no issue with this. Even now, we see that the traveler in his car on busy roads is not alone. For example, if a person goes alone in his car on the Riyadh-Qassim road, he is not traveling alone, because the road is full. He is like the one who drives alone in his car within the city. Yes. May Allah guide you.
Answer : No, how? How many passengers are on the airplane? I say there is no issue with this. Even now, we see that the traveler in his car on busy roads is not alone. For example, if a person goes alone in his car on the Riyadh-Qassim road, he is not traveling alone, because the road is full. He is like the one who drives alone in his car within the city. Yes. May Allah guide you.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [3230] حكم من سافر بالطائرة منفردًا إذا لم يكن يعرف بقية المسافرين - تعليقات على الكافي لابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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