Is it permissible for my wife to travel to Germany for training for 7 days without a mahram, given that I have not yet consummated the marriage and we reside in Algeria?
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It is not permissible for a Muslim woman to travel alone without a , due to the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel for the distance of a night except that a mahram is with her." The husband must travel with his wife and take her to the intended destination, or one of her mahrams should travel with her.
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