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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Some issue rulings permitting a woman to travel by plane without a mahram, citing the hadith of the weak woman!

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some people are now issuing rulings that it is permissible for a woman to travel by plane without a mahram, and they cite the hadith of the weak woman, claiming that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) praised the woman who rode alone on a camel and traveled without a mahram, with the condition that the woman is not afraid for her safety. Is this in accordance with the evidence?

Answer:
This contradicts the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travelلا يحل لامرأة تؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر أن تسافر،
Sahih al-Bukhari 1088
unless she is accompanied by a man who is within the prohibited degreeإلا ومعها ذو محرم،
Sunan Abi Dawud 1727Sahih (Al-Albani)
It came as a one-day journey, it came as a one-day and one-night journey, it came as a two-day journey. These are all authentic hadiths that forbid a woman from traveling without a mahram. He goes and brings a similar-sounding hadith and cites it as evidence. This is the method of the people of deviation; they are the ones who cite the ambiguous and leave the clear and obvious. Therefore, it is not permissible for a woman to travel without a mahram, whether by plane or otherwise.
Now, the man who came to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) wanting to go on a military expedition, and he informed the Messenger that his wife had gone out for Hajj. He said, "Go back and perform Hajj with your wife." He sent him back from the expedition to perform Hajj with his wife, even though his wife was with the pilgrims, a group of men and women, a caravan walking together. So why did he send him back to perform Hajj with her when she was with a caravan and a group? Praise be to Allah, these are the fallacies that people are afflicted with today. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [270 /1350] هناك من يفتي بجواز ذهاب المرأة للسفر بالطائرة بدون محرم، ويستدل بحديث الظعينة! — youtube.com

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