The ruling on a woman traveling without a mahram (a relative one may not marry) in a state of safety

Question:
Some people permit a woman to travel without a mahram (a relative one may not marry) accompanied by trustworthy women, citing the report that safety will spread until a woman goes out trading alone, fearing nothing but Allah and the wolf for her sheep. They also claim that some of the Mothers of the Believers used to go out without a mahram (a relative one may not marry). Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
The correct view is that a mahram (a relative one may not marry) is required; based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): It is agreed upon that it is authentic.
As for the hadith: , this does not contain permission, but rather it is a report about the existence of safety and that this occurs. Reporting on reality is different from explaining the rulings of the Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law); reporting on reality is one thing, and rulings are another. This is deception by using this as evidence. This is following the ambiguous (mutashabih), and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . This is not permissible. It is obligatory to take the clear, authentic, and explicit hadiths. For this reason, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . And when it was reported to him that a man’s wife had gone out for Hajj (the major pilgrimage) while he was on a military expedition, he said: .
However, some scholars permitted a woman to travel with trustworthy, safe women, but this is an exercise of independent legal reasoning (ijtihad), and the correct view is contrary to that. She does not travel except with a mahram (a relative one may not marry), even if women are with her. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was the most eloquent of people and the most sincere in advice. If this had been permissible, he would have said: "Except with a mahram (a relative one may not marry), or with trustworthy women." He did not add this extra phrase. He said: (peace and blessings be upon him). He knew how to speak, he knew how to advise, he knew how to clarify, and he was the most capable of people in explanation (peace and blessings be upon him).