Assisting a Mother to Travel Without a Mahram
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If my mother wants to travel without a mahram, because I am unable to travel with her due to my work circumstances, if I buy her the ticket and take her to the airport, would I be sharing in the sin with her, because she is asking me to do so?
Answer:
Yes, because you are assisting her in sin and transgression. Traveling with her is more obligatory than work. Ask for permission from work; if it is a job, ask for permission, and if the work is yours and you are self-employed, postpone it until she arrives. So traveling with her is more obligatory than work. Yes, and work is not an excuse for letting a woman travel without a mahram. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If my mother wants to travel without a mahram, because I am unable to travel with her due to my work circumstances, if I buy her the ticket and take her to the airport, would I be sharing in the sin with her, because she is asking me to do so?
Answer:
Yes, because you are assisting her in sin and transgression. Traveling with her is more obligatory than work. Ask for permission from work; if it is a job, ask for permission, and if the work is yours and you are self-employed, postpone it until she arrives. So traveling with her is more obligatory than work. Yes, and work is not an excuse for letting a woman travel without a mahram. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 06-01-1435هـ — af.org.sa (44:03)
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