What is the ruling on a woman traveling with other women accompanied by a male driver, as in going to schools or elsewhere?
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Question:
The questioner, a woman from Buraydah, asks: What is the ruling on a woman traveling with a male driver in the presence of many women with her, as in going to schools or elsewhere?
Answer:
If it is within the city and there are many women with her, there is no harm, due to the need and the removal of seclusion. What is forbidden is for a woman to ride alone with the driver; that is what is forbidden, because that is forbidden seclusion. However, if a group of women are with a driver, and he takes them to schools a short distance within the city or near the city, then there is no harm in that, if Allah wills, due to the need. Yes.
The questioner, a woman from Buraydah, asks: What is the ruling on a woman traveling with a male driver in the presence of many women with her, as in going to schools or elsewhere?
Answer:
If it is within the city and there are many women with her, there is no harm, due to the need and the removal of seclusion. What is forbidden is for a woman to ride alone with the driver; that is what is forbidden, because that is forbidden seclusion. However, if a group of women are with a driver, and he takes them to schools a short distance within the city or near the city, then there is no harm in that, if Allah wills, due to the need. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم ذهاب المرأة مع النساء مع سائق أجنبي كما في الذهاب إلى المدارس أو غيرها؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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