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A
woman travelling by airplane without a mahram
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From:
'Abdul-'Azeez ibn 'Abdullaah ibn Baaz
To:
The noble Brother, the teacher: A. S. I. - may Allaah grant
you success in all that is good, aameen.
As-Salaamu
'Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahe wa Barakaatuhu - (...and) to
proceed:
Your
correspondence dated 15/01/1394H reached me, and may Allaah
guide you.
That
which it contained of benefit in that you disagreed with one
of your colleagues concerning the issue of the permissibility
of a Muslim woman travelling by airplane without a mahram,
considering that she is with her walee right up until she
boards the plane, and her other mahram
is waiting for her at the destination country. Your desire
for a fatwa
(regarding this issue) is known (and understood).
Response:
It is not permissible for a Muslim woman to travel by airplane
or by any other means without a mahram
accompanying her during her journey. This is due to
the generality of the statement (of the Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam)):
((A woman is not travel except with
a mahram)), [transmitted by al-Bukhaaree
- No.1862 and Muslim
- No.1339]; and its authenticity is agreed upon (by both al-Bukhaaree
and Muslim).
This
is because so long as she has no-one to protect her, it is
quite possible that she may be exposed to or subjected to
something which is (Islaamically) dangerous during her journey,
by whatever means.
And
another matter is that sometimes airplanes come across mechanical
problems, so it has to land at an airport other than that
of the destination. In this case, the passengers are acommodated
in a hotel or otherwise wait until repairs are carried out,
or even until a replacement airplane is made available. So
they could well be waiting for a long time, possibly a day
or more. In this (case), a woman travelling by herself is
exposed to that which is (Islaamically) dangerous.
All in all, the hidden aspects of the Islaamic Sharee'ah
are many and great, and there is no doubt about the danger
of falling foul of it without an Islaamically acceptable reason.
May
Allaah grant everyone success in understanding the Religion
(Islaam), and firmness upon it, indeed He is in charge of
all affairs.
Shaykh
Ibn Baaz
Majmoo' Fataawa wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwi'ah - Volume 16, Page
383
This correspondence is numbered: 1803/kh and dated 05/08/1395H
by the Shaykh's office
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