The ruling on a woman traveling by plane without a mahram
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Question:
This questioner asks: Is it permissible for a woman to travel in our present day by plane alone, given that the conditions for safety from fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) are met, and there is a group of passengers, because there is someone to take her to the airport and receive her at the airport?
Answer:
This is what some of them say, but it is contrary to the Sunnah and contrary to the authentic hadith. The hadith is general:Sahih Ibn Hibban 10:1045 Whether in a plane, in a car, on a ship, on a camel, or on foot, a mahram is required. Because if something unexpected happens to her, and she has no mahram with her, she is in danger. Also, if the open sinners do not see a mahram with her to protect her and ward them off, they will take advantage of her and pursue her.
The danger exists in any place, meaning in any means of travel. And the generality of the hadith, what specifies it? Also, their claim that her mahram receives her, her mahram sees her off at the airport, and her second mahram receives her. We say: if the plane departs, and this often happens. If the plane deviates from its path due to an unexpected event and lands at another airport, who receives her?
Will the woman be lost, and she is weak? Where does she go? Also, if she falls ill on the plane, or is injured on the plane, who takes care of her, carries her, calls for a doctor, and stays with her? These are all matters that are possible and to be feared, so a mahram must be present with the woman in travel, by any means and in any time. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner asks: Is it permissible for a woman to travel in our present day by plane alone, given that the conditions for safety from fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) are met, and there is a group of passengers, because there is someone to take her to the airport and receive her at the airport?
Answer:
This is what some of them say, but it is contrary to the Sunnah and contrary to the authentic hadith. The hadith is general:
A woman does not travel except with a mahram
لا تسافر المرأة إلا ومعها ذو محرمThe danger exists in any place, meaning in any means of travel. And the generality of the hadith, what specifies it? Also, their claim that her mahram receives her, her mahram sees her off at the airport, and her second mahram receives her. We say: if the plane departs, and this often happens. If the plane deviates from its path due to an unexpected event and lands at another airport, who receives her?
Will the woman be lost, and she is weak? Where does she go? Also, if she falls ill on the plane, or is injured on the plane, who takes care of her, carries her, calls for a doctor, and stays with her? These are all matters that are possible and to be feared, so a mahram must be present with the woman in travel, by any means and in any time. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/245 — archive.org (11:58)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
