I am a university student, and my college is about twenty-five to thirty kilometers from my home. I cannot find any of my mahram relatives to travel with me, and I am afraid that I am
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The questioner : She says that she is a university student, and the college is about twenty-five or thirty kilometers from her home. She cannot find any of her mahram relatives to travel with her, and she is afraid that she is disobeying Allah by traveling like this. However, she is keen to learn and obtain a university degree that enables her to benefit Muslims and serve them, such as becoming a doctor or a teacher. Is it permissible for her to travel? Especially since the travel time takes from one and a half to two hours? Or is she disobeying in such a case?
The Shaykh : She would be disobeying if she traveled without a mahram, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 9:2565. He said this while delivering a sermon to the people to teach them. So a man stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah! My wife has gone out for a need, and I have signed up for the expedition of so-and-so. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Bulugh al-Maram 718.
It is known that a woman learning what benefits her in her religion and worldly life is a required matter, provided that the means to it is not forbidden. If the means to it is forbidden, the means remains forbidden in its prohibition. So either her husband takes her if she is married, or she marries a man who is a mahram to her, or she is content with what she hears from recordings like these lessons, and she requests that her exam be a home exam, meaning by correspondence.
The Shaykh : She would be disobeying if she traveled without a mahram, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
A woman should not travel except with a mahram
لا تسافر امرأةٌ إلا مع محرمGo and join your wife in Hajj
انطلق فحج مع امرأتكIt is known that a woman learning what benefits her in her religion and worldly life is a required matter, provided that the means to it is not forbidden. If the means to it is forbidden, the means remains forbidden in its prohibition. So either her husband takes her if she is married, or she marries a man who is a mahram to her, or she is content with what she hears from recordings like these lessons, and she requests that her exam be a home exam, meaning by correspondence.