The Ruling on Women Riding in Limousines Within the City
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. He says: Is it permissible for women to ride in what they call limousines, knowing that there is more than one woman, and that this is within the city without a mahram?
Answer:
Yes, if we are a group with the driver or others, and the driver is not a place of suspicion, nothing has been established against him and nothing is known of him, he is not a place of suspicion, and they are a group of women and within the town, then there is no harm in that. What is forbidden is a woman riding alone with the driver, a woman riding alone with the driver who is not a mahram for her. This is what is forbidden. It is seclusion, and it is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. He says: Is it permissible for women to ride in what they call limousines, knowing that there is more than one woman, and that this is within the city without a mahram?
Answer:
Yes, if we are a group with the driver or others, and the driver is not a place of suspicion, nothing has been established against him and nothing is known of him, he is not a place of suspicion, and they are a group of women and within the town, then there is no harm in that. What is forbidden is a woman riding alone with the driver, a woman riding alone with the driver who is not a mahram for her. This is what is forbidden. It is seclusion, and it is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 05 — archive.org (49:38)
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