Is it permissible for a woman whose husband has died and who is in a foreign land to travel to her relatives?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This woman says: I am a woman residing in this country, but I am not from here. My husband passed away last Friday, and my children and my family are in my home country, not here. I have no one here except my brother, and he does not have his family with him. Is it permissible for me to travel before the completion of the waiting period, especially since I have no one here to support me?
Answer:
Yes, if she needs to do so, there is nothing wrong with it. She may travel, praise be to Allah,[Al-Hajj 22:78], yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This woman says: I am a woman residing in this country, but I am not from here. My husband passed away last Friday, and my children and my family are in my home country, not here. I have no one here except my brother, and he does not have his family with him. Is it permissible for me to travel before the completion of the waiting period, especially since I have no one here to support me?
Answer:
Yes, if she needs to do so, there is nothing wrong with it. She may travel, praise be to Allah,
and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty
وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [92 -582] هل يجوز للمتوفى عنها زوجها وهي في بلد الغربة أن تسافر إلى أقاربها؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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