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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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A woman traveling without a mahram by plane or other means

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this is a group of women who say that a disagreement has arisen among them, and they seek a fatwa from you regarding the issue of traveling without a mahram. He says: What is the ruling on traveling without a mahram, whether the travel is by plane or by other means?

Answer:
This is clear; no one asks about it because it is clear in the hadith:
It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Dayلا يحل لامرأة تؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر أن
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3526Sahih (Darussalam)
A woman should not travel a distance of two days, a day and a night, or two or three days as in the narration, or any travel whatsoever, as in the other narration,
to travel except with a mahramأن تسافر إلا ومعها ذو محرم
Sahih Ibn Hibban 10:1049
and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not specify the means of travel, whether by plane, by camel, on foot, or by donkey; he did not specify the means of travel. The important point is that it is not permissible for her to travel, and a group of women is not a mahram for her. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the man who wanted to go out for jihad, and whose wife had gone out
need, so he said: Go back and perform Hajj with your wifeحاجة، فقال ارجع حجة مع امرأتك
, even though his wife was with the pilgrims, and there were women with them, he did not suffice with the group of travelers being enough; no, he sent him back from the expedition to perform Hajj with his wife. The matter in this is clear. This is for the one who seeks the truth. As for the one who wants to seek a dispensation and turn to the sayings of so-and-so and so-and-so and to tricks, his reckoning is with Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Source المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 29-04-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (1:09:55)

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