Is it permissible for my sister to travel on a mandatory four-day university academic trip to collect desert samples, attend lectures, and receive practical training, knowing that she is without a mahram, and that 50 marks of her year's work depend on it? Does her commitment permit travel without a mahram given the current circumstances? Is travel permissible if the supervisors are considered like fathers? And is it sufficient for her to be armed with the thought that protects her?
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Your sister must have a accompany her on her travel for studies, and it is not permissible for her to travel without him. It does not matter if the mahram's lodging is in a different place than hers, provided that she does not fall into other prohibited acts. Studying sciences is not a necessity that permits committing prohibited acts, nor is it an individual obligation.
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