Is the distance between Makkah and Jeddah considered travel?
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Question:
This is a caller to the program saying: O Shaykh! Is the distance from Jeddah to the Noble Makkah considered travel? And is it required for a woman to be accompanied by a mahram?
Answer:
It is well known that it is travel. The distance between Jeddah and Makkah, and between Ta’if and Makkah, is travel, so she should not travel without a mahram between them. Yes... it is approximately eighty kilometers, or close to that. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
This is a caller to the program saying: O Shaykh! Is the distance from Jeddah to the Noble Makkah considered travel? And is it required for a woman to be accompanied by a mahram?
Answer:
It is well known that it is travel. The distance between Jeddah and Makkah, and between Ta’if and Makkah, is travel, so she should not travel without a mahram between them. Yes... it is approximately eighty kilometers, or close to that. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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