Is the owner of a travel and tourism agency sinful for transporting women to perform Umrah without a mahram but with a safe companion?
It is forbidden for institutions to facilitate anything that aids in disobedience [to God].
Scholars have differed regarding a woman's travel for Hajj or without a :
- One group holds that it is impermissible for a woman to travel for Hajj or Umrah except with her husband or a mahram, citing the : "It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel for a day and a night's journey except with a mahram."
- Another group deems sufficient reliable female companionship for an obligatory Hajj, as this deters greed and because Hajj is an obligatory journey for which a mahram is not a condition.
- The Malikis permit a woman's travel with reliable companionship for any obligatory journey.
- Imam Ahmad differentiated between a young woman and an elderly one, stipulating a mahram for the young woman but not for the elderly one.
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