The duration of a woman’s travel without a mahram in the present time
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding a woman traveling without a mahram, there are hadiths from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stating that she should not travel a distance of one day and night, and in other hadiths, two days, and in others, three days. He says that travel in the present time is short in duration. Is there an exception to this?
Answer:
The criterion is not the time; the criterion is the distance, not the time. Even if she covers it in an hour, that is not the criterion.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding a woman traveling without a mahram, there are hadiths from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stating that she should not travel a distance of one day and night, and in other hadiths, two days, and in others, three days. He says that travel in the present time is short in duration. Is there an exception to this?
Answer:
The criterion is not the time; the criterion is the distance, not the time. Even if she covers it in an hour, that is not the criterion.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تابع فصل وإذا تدبرت الشريعة وجدتها قد أتت بسد الذرائع إلى المحرمات — islamhouse.com (1:08:00)
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