A woman’s travel between Riyadh and Khurayji without a mahram
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Question:
A questioner says: “As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. After the basmalah, she asks: Does the distance from Riyadh to Khurayji count as travel? I am going with a woman and a driver, without a mahram. Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you with good. And as-salamu alaykum.”
Answer:
Since this is the intent of the question—her traveling with a driver without a mahram—this is not permissible. The default is that the distance between Riyadh and Khurayji is a distance of qasr (shortening the prayer). It was known that the distance of qasr for a mount is [this distance]. It is not permissible for a woman to go from Riyadh to Khurayji, or from Khurayji to Riyadh, except with a mahram. It is not permissible for her to travel without a mahram, even if she travels with women. A mahram must be present. This is based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): “It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel a distance of two days’ journey except with a mahram.” It is known that the distance between al-Faraj and Riyadh is a two-day journey for a mount. Also, travel, according to the correct view, is not limited to a specific distance; whatever is called travel is travel. This is because the hadith says: “It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel except with a mahram.” It says “to travel” and does not specify two days, three days, or a day and a night, but it generalizes the ruling of travel. Travel is whatever is called travel, and a mahram is required for it. The distance between Riyadh and al-Haram is called travel due to the length of the distance and the woman’s need for a mahram, meaning one who accompanies her on the road and in a place that is not her home. If Khurayji is not her home, then there is no mahram for her on the road, nor in a place that is not her home, nor from the mahram who accompanied her. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
A questioner says: “As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. After the basmalah, she asks: Does the distance from Riyadh to Khurayji count as travel? I am going with a woman and a driver, without a mahram. Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you with good. And as-salamu alaykum.”
Answer:
Since this is the intent of the question—her traveling with a driver without a mahram—this is not permissible. The default is that the distance between Riyadh and Khurayji is a distance of qasr (shortening the prayer). It was known that the distance of qasr for a mount is [this distance]. It is not permissible for a woman to go from Riyadh to Khurayji, or from Khurayji to Riyadh, except with a mahram. It is not permissible for her to travel without a mahram, even if she travels with women. A mahram must be present. This is based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): “It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel a distance of two days’ journey except with a mahram.” It is known that the distance between al-Faraj and Riyadh is a two-day journey for a mount. Also, travel, according to the correct view, is not limited to a specific distance; whatever is called travel is travel. This is because the hadith says: “It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel except with a mahram.” It says “to travel” and does not specify two days, three days, or a day and a night, but it generalizes the ruling of travel. Travel is whatever is called travel, and a mahram is required for it. The distance between Riyadh and al-Haram is called travel due to the length of the distance and the woman’s need for a mahram, meaning one who accompanies her on the road and in a place that is not her home. If Khurayji is not her home, then there is no mahram for her on the road, nor in a place that is not her home, nor from the mahram who accompanied her. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-048-تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والرسل|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:13:05)
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