Back to search

What is the ruling on a female employee traveling with her female colleague and a male colleague for a training course outside the country, paid for by the employer, or with just a male colleague?

1 min readAlso available in العربية

The majority of scholars hold that it is not permissible for a woman to travel without a mahram unless there is a necessity. However, it is permissible when there is assurance of safety from fitna, especially by plane. As for a woman traveling with her male and female colleagues for work, prevention is more appropriate, as it is a door to fitna. Her traveling with only her male colleague is even more strictly prohibited.

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 2026

Read the full answer on Ftawy