A woman traveling by airplane without a mahram
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible for a woman to travel by plane on a trip that does not exceed three hours without a mahram?
Answer:
Not even one hour is permissible for her without a mahram.Sahih al-Bukhari 1088 Three days, and in another narration two days, and in another narration that she should not travel at all except with a mahram. Yes, if she were struck by an illness, or if the plane went to a direction other than the direction it was facing, or the direction it had left, that would not be permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible for a woman to travel by plane on a trip that does not exceed three hours without a mahram?
Answer:
Not even one hour is permissible for her without a mahram.
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
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وإذا تدبرت الشريعة وجدتها قد أتت بسد الذرائع إلى المحرمات — islamhouse.com (1:05:52)
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