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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on a woman traveling for Hajj without a mahram

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Question:
May Allah reward you? Allah has blessed me with the performance of the obligatory Hajj, but my wife has not performed Hajj. I have booked for her through the Ministry's official website in a campaign called "Hajj for Women Without a Mahram," and I will drive her, if Allah wills, to the closest possible place to the Noble Makkah. Is this considered travel without a mahram?

Answer:
Yes, do not send your wife without a mahram. A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wanting to be registered for the expedition, to have the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) enroll him in the expedition, and he said that he had left his wife in need. He said, "Go and perform Hajj with your wife." He returned him from the expedition so he could perform Hajj for his wife as her mahram. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
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 إلا ومعها ذو محرم
Sahih al-Bukhari 1088
for Hajj and for other travel.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source لقاء الجمعة — af.org.sa (21:28)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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