The ruling on determining the distance for shortening the prayer by the duration of travel that is forbidden for a woman in a day and a night
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Your Eminence! We said: The distance for shortening the prayer has no limit,so what is our response to the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel a distance of a day and a night without a mahram (a relative one may not marry) with her." ؟
This does not indicate that the travel is limited to a day and a night; rather, it indicates that a woman should not travel this distance without a mahram. Moreover, limiting travel without a mahram to a day and a night or three days is not intended, due to the difference in the determination. And because of the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) delivering a sermon and saying: “A woman should not travel except with a mahram” . This is general, so whatever people call travel, it is not permissible for a woman to travel it except with a mahram.
This does not indicate that the travel is limited to a day and a night; rather, it indicates that a woman should not travel this distance without a mahram. Moreover, limiting travel without a mahram to a day and a night or three days is not intended, due to the difference in the determination. And because of the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) delivering a sermon and saying: “A woman should not travel except with a mahram” . This is general, so whatever people call travel, it is not permissible for a woman to travel it except with a mahram.