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Can Women Travel without Mahram in Safe Trip?

11 May, 2024
Q I understand there are some people who say a woman needs a mahram to travel. If this was purely due to the safety concern, does it still apply today? Air travel is a very secure and safe way of traveling today. So, do we still have the same restrictions about women travelling without a mahram?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. 

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.


In this fatwa:

  • Safety and security is not the reason for a woman to need a mahram. Travelling itself is the reason that includes the requirement of a mahram.
  • Majority of scholars say a mahram is needed. Although many others and Ibn Taimiyyah supported an opinion in the end of his life that women can travel without a mahram if it is safe for them to travel with the permission of the mahram.

Sheikh Waleed Basyouni answers and explains in this short video:

Almighty Allah knows best.

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Source: FaithIQ

About Sheikh Waleed Basyouni
A graduate with a Bachelors in Islamic Sciences from Al-Imam Muhammad University, KSA. He did his Masters in Islamic Theology, World Religions and Modern Religious Sects from Al-Imam Muhammad University; and PhD in Theology from Graduate Theological Foundation, Mishawaka, Indiana, USA.