A woman traveling without a mahram to seek knowledge
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: Is it permissible for a Muslim woman living in the West to go on a trip to… to seek knowledge? And to help… to travel without… a mahram. In order to… learn the Arabic language and the Qur'an. Then… return to her country to teach the women there?
Answer:
This is in an authentic hadith:Sahih al-Bukhari 1088 except with a mahram. It is an authentic hadith, and it is general, so it is not permissible for a woman to travel except with a mahram. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: Is it permissible for a Muslim woman living in the West to go on a trip to… to seek knowledge? And to help… to travel without… a mahram. In order to… learn the Arabic language and the Qur'an. Then… return to her country to teach the women there?
Answer:
This is in an authentic hadith:
It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel
لا يحل لامرأة تؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر أن تسافر
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 18-01-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:06:28)
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