Travel and Mahram
304 questions
Is it permissible to complete studies in another state that requires travel without a mahram, given the impossibility of finding a mahram, and the threat of abandoning studies and marrying if studies are not completed in that state?
Is it permissible for a woman to travel without a mahram to complete her studies in Mecca, and to leave a country that she considers to be a land of innovation and mixed society, and is this journey considered a journey of obedience?
1. Is it permissible for my wife to go to university alone?
What is the ruling on a girl traveling to another city for study without a mahram, due to her family's refusal to travel with her, and does she have to pay expiation every time?
What is the ruling on a woman traveling by plane without a mahram from Riyadh to Jizan?
Is dividing the travel distance for study, such that a portion of it is covered with a brother and then the rest completed alone, considered manipulation and unlawful (haram)?
What is the ruling on applying for scholarships in different countries, and is it impermissible to travel for such scholarships accompanied by a large group of female students and organizers?
What is the legal ruling on a girl traveling alone to study for several years in an open, secular foreign country?
Is it permissible for my 19-year-old daughter, who resides in England, to go to a three-day training in another city within the university that is three hours away?
What is the ruling on a woman traveling to visit a nuclear reactor for scientific purposes if the visit is secure and she returns on the same day?
Is it permissible for a woman to go to the Haram alone and perform Tawaf by herself, as well as throw the pebbles (ramy al-jamarat) and perform Tawaf al-Ifadah within a mixed crowd without a Mahram?
Would the wife be considered sinful if she agreed to divide the inheritance now to relieve herself from the problems of division? Does Islamic law (Sharia) obligate considering her psychological state of grief after her husband's death? And would they be sinning by expediting the division of her husband's inheritance while leaving the inheritance of their grandmother and father, and exploiting her not having children?
Is it permissible for a girl to travel without a mahram or to rent an apartment with a friend to escape harsh family circumstances, including abuse from her stepmother, a suicide attempt, attempted harassment from her uncle, and the loss of financial rights?
Is it permissible for a girl to travel alone by plane to complete her university studies in another country, knowing that her father will take her to the airport, and her paternal uncle and maternal uncle will be there to receive her?
What should I do for God to be pleased with me, reunite me with my family, and grant my heart peace through marriage and stability, knowing that I am trying to adhere to religious teachings after a period of non-observance, and my fiancé has started to distance himself from me after this change, and I find it difficult to return to my family in my home country due to current circumstances?
Is it permissible to travel to visit one's mother, who lives approximately 68 kilometers away, given that there is a disagreement with the husband about this trip, and that the questioner shortens and combines prayers during the visit?
Do all these reasons permit traveling for study without a mahram?
Is it permissible for a woman to wear the niqab and gloves without her husband's knowledge if he objects to it, and is she obliged to wear it in front of him if he beats her because of it? Is it permissible for her to uncover her face when traveling if her husband refuses to allow her to wear the niqab and she needs it for travel? Is she sinful if he forces her to uncover the niqab? Is she sinful for wearing gloves or covering her hands during prayer without her husband's permission?
Is it permissible to travel from Cairo to Alexandria (210 km) accompanied by my adult nephew (36 years old) and my daughter (14 years old), and does the presence of the mother with her daughter make a mahram unnecessary?
Is it permissible for my wife to travel with our children (my son 9 years old, and my daughter 6 years old) to India without a mahram in order to enroll them in Islamic schools, given the difficulty of raising children upon the Quran and Sunnah in America?
Is it permissible for a woman to travel by plane for ten hours if a محرم (male guardian) drops her off at the departure airport and another محرم picks her up at the arrival airport?
Is it permissible for a divorced woman or a woman observing 'iddah to travel with the children from Qatar to her home country?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a wife traveling alone a distance ranging between 700-800 kilometers, and moving about alone in European cities, given that she wears the hijab and does not master the language of the country, and does the husband have the right to refuse in this case?
Is it permissible for a woman to travel to complete her internship, which is necessary for her profession, accompanied by her maternal aunts as mahrams, given the unavailability of a father or husband as a mahram? And is a father’s deprivation of his son from completing his university education due to a past mistake the son committed during adolescence considered an injustice?