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Is it permissible for a woman to travel by plane without a mahram?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. What is the ruling on a woman traveling by plane without a mahram, knowing that I see her boarding the plane, and her husband meets her at the airport, and the distance is approximately equivalent to a two-hour duration?

Answer:
A woman’s travel is not permissible without a mahram, absolutely, whether by plane or otherwise, due to the generality of the hadith: “It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day
to travel except with a mahramأن تسافر إلا ومعها ذو محرم
Sahih Ibn Hibban 10:1049
.” This is general, whether in a plane or otherwise.
And a plane is subject to what it is subject to, such as breakdowns, or deviating from the station it intends to another country or another airport. So who will meet the woman? You say her mahram meets her at the airport. Is that guaranteed? It is not guaranteed. A plane may change its course due to an incident that befalls it. So who will meet her in the other country?
In any case, a woman does not travel except with a mahram, whether by plane or otherwise. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1056] هل يجوز للمرأة أن تسافر بالطائرة بدون محرم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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