What is the ruling on a driver taking women to the market and lectures without a mahram?

The questioner : A questioner says: I am a father with children, and we are busy with our work, so we allow the driver to take my wife and daughters to the market and to religious and cultural lectures. I ask you to give me and my brothers a sufficient answer regarding this action, in terms of its permissibility and prohibition. May Allah preserve you.

The Shaykh : If the driver is trustworthy and two or more women ride with him to the market, then there is nothing wrong with that. This is because the prohibited matter is seclusion or travel. It is not permissible for the driver to be alone with one woman, even if it is only to go to the market. It is not permissible for the driver to travel, even with multiple women, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If the going and returning are within the same town, and there is no seclusion, but rather two or more women are with the driver, and the driver is trustworthy, then there is no harm in it and no blame. Yes, the driver must be trustworthy. As for if he is not trustworthy, then his evil is feared, even if the woman is with another woman. As for the matter of hiring drivers, male servants, and female servants, what we see is that it should not be done unless dire necessity calls for it, because the matters that occur from some servants, whether men or women, necessitate a person to pause in hiring these servants. Yes.