Ruling on a woman traveling without a mahram?

The questioner : Is it permissible for a woman to travel without a mahram in a group?

The Shaykh : In?

The questioner : Or with a group, meaning, with a group of people?

The Shaykh : Now you are asking about traveling without a mahram, and you know that the Messenger (peace be upon him) prohibited that. So what is the point of the prohibition—the question—, what is the point of the question? Since there is no mahram, and you know his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): .

The questioner : In a hadith, I think in al-Bukhari.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : That one of the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to Hajj in a caravan without a mahram.

The Shaykh : Who was it?

The questioner : I think it was Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), or I don't know, I don't remember, I think it was mentioned in the book of expeditions.

The Shaykh : Fine; but this does not apply to other women; because the wives of the Messenger are the mothers of the believers, so other women are not compared to them, this is first. Second, Lady Aisha in this departure was opposed by Umm Salama, and they urged her to go out with them, so she refused and cited a sound hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said when he performed Hajj with them in the Farewell Pilgrimage: ; meaning: this Hajj is with me, but after that do not go out and stay in your homes—meaning the houses—but Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), we do not know how she went out, and Umm Salama refused that, and cited this hadith, so the answer is from two aspects:
The first aspect: what I mentioned just now, which is that she is one of the mothers of the believers; so other believing women are not compared to them.
And the second answer: that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) had ordered his wives not to go out after this Hajj, so that is something not to be followed in their case.
Yes.