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Can Women Perform Hajj or Umrah without Mahram?

04 July, 2022
Q Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to travel to Saudi Arabia to perform the rituals of hajj or umrah without being accompanied by 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:

  • A Mahram is someone you cannot marry. The idea behind travelling with a mahram is to protect women as there can be issues or stresses. Travelling with a mahram is a blessed concept’ it is something from our Sunnah.
  • The statement of not travelling alone has to do with travel and not the Hajj itself.

Watch this video by Sheikh Abu Eesa to learn more:

Almighty Allah knows best.

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Source: FaithIQ

About Sheikh Abu Eesa Niamatullah
Sheikh Abu Eesa Niamatullah is Almaghrib Institute instructor and Vice-Chair of the Al-Qalam Sharī‘ah Panel, a fatwa body for legal and financial concerns based in UK. He also served as the resident scholar of Cheadle Masjid in South Manchester.