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Is it permissible for a woman to ride alone in a taxi if she misses a lecture, or feels tired, or has an exam and wants to use the time to revise? What is the ruling on her remaining alone after another female passenger has exited? And what is the meaning of "if there is no suspicion" in your fatwa regarding two sisters riding together?

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Scholars have issued a fatwa stating the impermissibility of a woman riding alone with a driver, as this constitutes an unlawful seclusion (khalwa muharramah), except in cases of extreme necessity. However, if she rides with another woman and then that woman dismounts, leaving a short distance, there is no harm in this, provided that there is no fear of temptation (fitnah) and no suspicion (raybah). Suspicion here means not fearing falling into that which lust incites.

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