The ruling on a maid being in the house without a mahram and her traveling
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The questioner:
What is the ruling on a maid being in my house with my family, without a mahram for her? Is this permissible?
The Shaykh:
Yes, with your family, without a mahram, there is no harm. But she must not travel except with a mahram. Her staying in the house without a mahram is fine, just as your cousin’s daughter staying with you without a mahram, or your brother’s wife, and your brother is not present, or the elderly woman you think is with you, and Barira, I do not think she was Aisha, and the house was Aisha’s with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). But the mahram is required for travel. The one in the house, and they have a mahram with her, you and your brother, your wife is with your brother, and a wife is with you, and they do not have a mahram, your brother’s wife, and she is in the house with your uncle, or with your sisters, she does not have a mahram, and you are in the house, nothing prevents it. Yes, the point is her presence in the house, and you did not leave her alone, and that is the condition of the mahram. But do not leave her alone, not with your brother’s wife, nor with your uncle’s wife. It is necessary that you be with her, and it is not your brother, the maid, it is necessary that you be with her, and you do not leave her alone. And she does not travel with anyone except her mahram. Yes. A little, yes.
Another questioner:
What do you think?
The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah.
Another questioner:
Service companies and throwing it, and he reached him, but of course.
The Shaykh:
This is deficient according to some scholars if it is with a group of trustworthy people, but what should be done is that she does not do it except with a mahram. Based on the apparent hadith, “Do not travel except with a mahram.” But some scholars of knowledge, and Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned, and the group, that if they are in a group of good women, there is no harm in their performing Hajj. But this is a view that is questionable, and the people of hadith differ from it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said and this is what should be adhered to, the hadith. Yes.
What is the ruling on a maid being in my house with my family, without a mahram for her? Is this permissible?
The Shaykh:
Yes, with your family, without a mahram, there is no harm. But she must not travel except with a mahram. Her staying in the house without a mahram is fine, just as your cousin’s daughter staying with you without a mahram, or your brother’s wife, and your brother is not present, or the elderly woman you think is with you, and Barira, I do not think she was Aisha, and the house was Aisha’s with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). But the mahram is required for travel. The one in the house, and they have a mahram with her, you and your brother, your wife is with your brother, and a wife is with you, and they do not have a mahram, your brother’s wife, and she is in the house with your uncle, or with your sisters, she does not have a mahram, and you are in the house, nothing prevents it. Yes, the point is her presence in the house, and you did not leave her alone, and that is the condition of the mahram. But do not leave her alone, not with your brother’s wife, nor with your uncle’s wife. It is necessary that you be with her, and it is not your brother, the maid, it is necessary that you be with her, and you do not leave her alone. And she does not travel with anyone except her mahram. Yes. A little, yes.
Another questioner:
What do you think?
The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah.
Another questioner:
Service companies and throwing it, and he reached him, but of course.
The Shaykh:
This is deficient according to some scholars if it is with a group of trustworthy people, but what should be done is that she does not do it except with a mahram. Based on the apparent hadith, “Do not travel except with a mahram.” But some scholars of knowledge, and Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned, and the group, that if they are in a group of good women, there is no harm in their performing Hajj. But this is a view that is questionable, and the people of hadith differ from it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said
Do not travel except with a mahram,
لا تسفر إلا معالي محرم،
Source
فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ١٦ — archive.org (5:05)
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