What is the ruling on a woman traveling or performing Hajj without a mahram?
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Question:
If the travel is less than a day and a night, is it permissible (without a mahram)?
Answer:
Even, even, any travel, even by post.
Q: Even half a day?
A: Yes, she must not travel except with a mahram.
Q: Does this include travel by plane?
A: By plane, by car, by ship, all of them.
Q: And if a mahram takes the woman to the airport and another one meets her at the other airport?
A: That is not sufficient; the mahram must be with her on the plane, for an incident from the people of evil may befall her on the plane itself.
Q: Is it permissible for an elderly woman to perform Hajj without a mahram?
A: It is all the same: the young woman and the elderly one, for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not distinguish between a woman and [another].
Q: And if she is among the older women?
A: Even, it is general.
If the travel is less than a day and a night, is it permissible (without a mahram)?
Answer:
Even, even, any travel, even by post.
Q: Even half a day?
A: Yes, she must not travel except with a mahram.
Q: Does this include travel by plane?
A: By plane, by car, by ship, all of them.
Q: And if a mahram takes the woman to the airport and another one meets her at the other airport?
A: That is not sufficient; the mahram must be with her on the plane, for an incident from the people of evil may befall her on the plane itself.
Q: Is it permissible for an elderly woman to perform Hajj without a mahram?
A: It is all the same: the young woman and the elderly one, for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not distinguish between a woman and [another].
Q: And if she is among the older women?
A: Even, it is general.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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