What is the ruling on women traveling by bus to the Islamic conference outside the city of London?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you, O honorableThe Shaykh .
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : How are you, if Allah wills, well.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner : May you be well every year, O honorableThe Shaykh : If Allah wills, your health is good.
The Shaykh: Yes, may Allah preserve you, but this is every year.
The questioner : ... Is the festival tomorrow or have you not yet found out?
The Shaykh: We have not yet found out, but before I miss the opportunity, may you be well every year, not as a greeting to Muslims.
The questioner : Not as a greeting to Muslims?
The Shaykh: Not as a greeting to the Muslims.
The questioner : Okay, can you teach me the greeting for the Muslims?
The Shaykh: Any supplication for blessing or assistance, for example, in Ramadan, asking to be helped with fasting and standing in prayer, and regarding the festival, a blessed festival, and may our Lord - Mighty and Majestic - also forgive our sins, considering we have exited Ramadan, any specific thing, except avoiding the custom of the Jews and the Christians.
The questioner : Amen, if Allah wills, I have learned the correct greeting now.
The Shaykh: May Allah reward you with good, it has been a long time.
The questioner : ... something.
The Shaykh: It has been a long time since your voice was heard.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, and I was busy with my children, and then, between us, I stopped teaching in the mosque a little, so the questions decreased a bit, so if Allah wills, I have two or three questions I might ask you about.
The Shaykh : Please, go ahead.
The questioner : There is a conference being held in a city outside London, and many of the sisters and married women want to go attend the conference, so they asked me if it is permissible for us to travel with a group, meaning in a bus, and take all the Muslims to attend this Islamic conference, or is it not their right?
The Shaykh: Do you mean a mixed bus?
The questioner : Yes, meaning the men sit in the front for security and the women in the back.
The Shaykh: Okay, are these women wearing the jilbab, the Shari'ah-prescribed outer garment?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh: Do you mean you are certain of the answer?
The questioner : Yes, O honorable shaykh, I am certain.
The Shaykh: Okay, and will their sitting in the conference be in the back rows?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: If that is the case, and there is no form of free mixing of men and women, it is permissible, otherwise it is not.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : How are you, if Allah wills, well.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner : May you be well every year, O honorableThe Shaykh : If Allah wills, your health is good.
The Shaykh: Yes, may Allah preserve you, but this is every year.
The questioner : ... Is the festival tomorrow or have you not yet found out?
The Shaykh: We have not yet found out, but before I miss the opportunity, may you be well every year, not as a greeting to Muslims.
The questioner : Not as a greeting to Muslims?
The Shaykh: Not as a greeting to the Muslims.
The questioner : Okay, can you teach me the greeting for the Muslims?
The Shaykh: Any supplication for blessing or assistance, for example, in Ramadan, asking to be helped with fasting and standing in prayer, and regarding the festival, a blessed festival, and may our Lord - Mighty and Majestic - also forgive our sins, considering we have exited Ramadan, any specific thing, except avoiding the custom of the Jews and the Christians.
The questioner : Amen, if Allah wills, I have learned the correct greeting now.
The Shaykh: May Allah reward you with good, it has been a long time.
The questioner : ... something.
The Shaykh: It has been a long time since your voice was heard.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, and I was busy with my children, and then, between us, I stopped teaching in the mosque a little, so the questions decreased a bit, so if Allah wills, I have two or three questions I might ask you about.
The Shaykh : Please, go ahead.
The questioner : There is a conference being held in a city outside London, and many of the sisters and married women want to go attend the conference, so they asked me if it is permissible for us to travel with a group, meaning in a bus, and take all the Muslims to attend this Islamic conference, or is it not their right?
The Shaykh: Do you mean a mixed bus?
The questioner : Yes, meaning the men sit in the front for security and the women in the back.
The Shaykh: Okay, are these women wearing the jilbab, the Shari'ah-prescribed outer garment?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh: Do you mean you are certain of the answer?
The questioner : Yes, O honorable shaykh, I am certain.
The Shaykh: Okay, and will their sitting in the conference be in the back rows?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: If that is the case, and there is no form of free mixing of men and women, it is permissible, otherwise it is not.
The questioner : Yes.
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