Is it permissible for a woman to ride with her husband and a group of female teachers with a driver to take them to school?

Question:
I have a wife who is a teacher, and she rides with a driver along with a group of female teachers to take them to school. The school is fifty kilometers from the home. Since I am a person suffering from epilepsy, and the doctors have forbidden me from driving a car in the country, is it permissible for my wife to ride with a group of female teachers? Please inform us, may Allah reward you, and may Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. To proceed: The matter of women riding with drivers who are not their mahram (relatives one may not marry) is a matter in which there is scholarly disagreement. However, as long as the passengers are a group of women, and the distance is less than the distance for shortening the prayer, there is no harm in that, if Allah wills. This is because what is forbidden is the travel of women without a mahram for a distance of shortening, which is eighty kilometers or more. This is what is forbidden. Or a woman riding alone with a driver, even for a short distance. This is also forbidden, because this is seclusion with a non-mahram. So what is forbidden is two things: The first is travel. A woman does not travel without a mahram, even if she is with a group of women. The presence of a mahram is necessary if her travel reaches the distance for shortening. The second is the seclusion of a woman with a non-mahram man in a car or elsewhere. This is what is forbidden. As for what was mentioned in the question, that a group of women ride with a driver for a short distance in order to perform their work, there is no harm in that, if Allah wills. And whenever it is possible to do without that, by having the woman teach in the town, so that she does not need a long distance, then it is obligatory to provide work for her in her town, inside her town, to protect her. Also, for her comfort from hardship and difficulty. For the woman is weak. Her going out to a distance of fifty kilometers involves hardship for her, and there is danger for her. It is obligatory to provide work for her in her town, and close to her home. Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you.