The ruling on an elderly woman traveling without a mahram
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Question:
The questioner says: Your Eminence, the Shaykh, I reside in Riyadh, and I want to bring my mother for Hajj this year, if Allah wills. She is elderly, about seventy years old. I am able to bring her and meet her in Jeddah. She will come, if Allah wills, with other elderly women and a safe group of companions.
The Shaykh: Repeat.
The presenter: The questioner says: Your Eminence, the Shaykh! I reside in Riyadh, and I want to bring my mother for Hajj this year, if Allah wills. My mother is elderly, about seventy years old. I am able to go to the airport and meet her in Jeddah. She will come with other elderly women and a safe group of companions. I ask you to issue a ruling on this, may Allah reward you.
Answer:
She is not permitted to travel except with a mahram. You should travel to her and transport her from the country where she is, and you are her mahram, or a brother of hers, or an uncle, or another brother of hers, or her nephew (son of her brother), or her grandson (son of her daughter). A mahram is necessary. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 9:2565 May Allah send blessings and peace upon him, yes.
The presenter: May Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
The questioner says: Your Eminence, the Shaykh, I reside in Riyadh, and I want to bring my mother for Hajj this year, if Allah wills. She is elderly, about seventy years old. I am able to bring her and meet her in Jeddah. She will come, if Allah wills, with other elderly women and a safe group of companions.
The Shaykh: Repeat.
The presenter: The questioner says: Your Eminence, the Shaykh! I reside in Riyadh, and I want to bring my mother for Hajj this year, if Allah wills. My mother is elderly, about seventy years old. I am able to go to the airport and meet her in Jeddah. She will come with other elderly women and a safe group of companions. I ask you to issue a ruling on this, may Allah reward you.
Answer:
She is not permitted to travel except with a mahram. You should travel to her and transport her from the country where she is, and you are her mahram, or a brother of hers, or an uncle, or another brother of hers, or her nephew (son of her brother), or her grandson (son of her daughter). A mahram is necessary. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A woman should not travel except with a mahram
لا تسافر امرأة إلا مع ذي محرمThe presenter: May Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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