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Is it permissible for a woman to travel a distance of four hours to visit her parents without a mahram, due to financial circumstances?

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A woman is forbidden from traveling without a mahram by religious law. So, if the travel distance by car is four hours, and it exceeds the religiously stipulated travel distance (83 km), then she is not permitted to travel without a mahram.

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