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What is the ruling on a woman traveling with her husband outside the country for tourism?

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Question : Is it permissible for a woman to travel with her husband outside the country, given that her husband travels frequently, and this is for tourism?

Answer : Whether the woman fears for her religion or not, and whether it is a land of disbelief or not. First, we advise our brothers in general to avoid tourism, because tourism involves many harms, including the waste of money, a great deal of money, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the pursuit of wealth.
And among these harms is that a person sees there evils that lead him to commit them or to look at them, and his character is thereby corrupted. And among them is that it enriches the economy of the country he traveled to for tourism, so this increases the income. And what are these countries?
They are lands of disbelief against Islam. And among them is that it leads others who do not have much money to travel like him, especially one who is weak in character in the presence of women, for they will come to that. And among them is that a person is absent from attending the congregation, the congregational prayer, the gathering of Muslims, and hearing the adhan, Allahu Akbar, tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and the message, in lands where one hears nothing but the trumpets of the Jews and the bells of the Christians.
And among them is that if a person is absent from the country, he becomes accustomed to this, and then every year he longs for this tourism. And we, praise be to Allah, have in our country what suffices us. We have the best tourism, which is traveling to Makkah and al-Madinah. And there are other places with tourism, and even if there is in them what we hear of amusement and play, they are better than those countries.
The disbelieving countries are clear. As for non-disbelieving countries, we hear that there is in them corruption of morals, nudity, the nudity of women, and perhaps one accompanies people there who are not good. So I see that it is not befitting for a person of intellect to travel for tourism because of these harms.
This person asks: As for the woman, does she go with her husband? I see that she should go with her husband, because if she does not go with him, she will find a companion there, and many people do not care, and may Allah protect us, when his desire is aroused, he satisfies it with anything. So I see that she should go with him. And the matter of photography for the trip is a necessity, and the sin is on the one who initiated it.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 271 - 332 هل يجوز للمرأة أن تسافر مع زوجها خارج البلاد علماً أنه كثير السفر للسياحة سواء خافت...؟ — youtube.com

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