The ruling on female teachers traveling to teach without a mahram
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, he says: Is it permissible for female teachers to travel to teach without a mahram, given that they are a group of teachers, and given that the distance is less than eighty kilometers?
Answer:
The hadiths are general. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 1088 In one narration, it is a journey of one day and night; in another, a journey of two days; in another, a journey of three days, meaning by riding animal; and in another, it is absolute without specifying a distance. It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel except with a mahram. The minimum distance the scholars specified is eighty kilometers, eighty kilometers, which is a two-day journey by riding animal. Therefore, it is not permissible for a woman to travel eighty kilometers or more unless she has a mahram with her. A group of women does not suffice in place of a mahram. Women are women; they are not a mahram. It is necessary that a mahram be with her, a mahram from her relatives who are permanently forbidden to her by lineage, breastfeeding, or marriage due to a lawful cause, and the mahram must be sane and of legal age.
This is necessary, and a teacher is no different from any other woman. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not ask specifically about a teacher, but he generalized the ruling, saying: It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day... a teacher or any other woman. If she does not have a mahram to go with her to work, she is prevented from working. If she does not have a mahram, she is confined to her home in Islam. If she does not have a mahram, she does not go out until she finds a mahram. If going out is not permissible except with a mahram, then teaching is even more so. Or she requests a transfer to the town where the mahram is. The important thing is that she does not violate the ruling of the Shari'ah and the prohibition of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). And I am a teacher of the hadith of the Lord of the Worlds. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, he says: Is it permissible for female teachers to travel to teach without a mahram, given that they are a group of teachers, and given that the distance is less than eighty kilometers?
Answer:
The hadiths are general. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
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 إلا ومعها ذو محرمThis is necessary, and a teacher is no different from any other woman. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not ask specifically about a teacher, but he generalized the ruling, saying: It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day... a teacher or any other woman. If she does not have a mahram to go with her to work, she is prevented from working. If she does not have a mahram, she is confined to her home in Islam. If she does not have a mahram, she does not go out until she finds a mahram. If going out is not permissible except with a mahram, then teaching is even more so. Or she requests a transfer to the town where the mahram is. The important thing is that she does not violate the ruling of the Shari'ah and the prohibition of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). And I am a teacher of the hadith of the Lord of the Worlds. Yes.
Source
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