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woman does not act as a mahram for another woman
Question:
Can a woman be considered a mahram for a woman she is not
related to for purposes of traveling or sitting with others?
Response:
A woman cannot be a mahram for another. The one who is considered
mahram is a man that a woman cannot marry due to blood relations,
such as her father and her brother, or a man related to her
due to marriage, such as her husband, her father-in-law and
her step-son, or a man related due to breast feeding, such
as her father from breast feeding and so forth. It is not
allowed for a man to be in private with a woman he is not
related to nor can he travel with her. The Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) said, ((A woman does not travel except
with a mahram.)) This was recorded by al-Bukhaaree and Muslim.
The Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) also said, ((A man is never alone with
a woman except that Satan is the third.)) This was recorded
by Imam Ahmad and others from the Hadeeth of 'Umar with a
saheeh chain.
Shaykh
Ibn Baaz
Fataawa al-Mar.ah
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