Travel and Mahram
346 questions
What is the ruling on a Muslim female student being sent abroad to study in a disbelieving country and residing there temporarily without a mahram, given the presence of a Muslim community and the possibility of openly practicing Islamic rituals, and knowing that the journey there will be with a mahram?
What is the ruling on a wife traveling to visit her mother in another country without a mahram, if her husband works abroad and refuses her travel, even though there was a prior agreement regarding this visit, and her psychological state and her mother's have deteriorated due to the refusal?
Is it permissible for a university student living in Cairo to go on a trip with the university to Wadi El Rayan, where they depart on Friday morning and return on the evening of the same day, without a mahram, due to the absence of a brother and the difficulty of convincing the father?
Is a woman's travel alone a distance of 75 km (approximately one hour) from Amman to Irbid by bus for study considered a prohibited journey?
Is it permissible for a woman to travel without a mahram to visit her family, given the strained family relations and her fear of taking concessions and being held accountable by Allah, knowing that she wishes to follow the opinion of the majority who forbid a woman from traveling without a mahram?
Is traveling to another country to seek religious knowledge unlawful?
Is it permissible for an orphaned, only girl, who has no relatives, to travel for work, study, or leisure, knowing that a woman's travel without a mahram is forbidden?
What is the ruling regarding a female student who wears the niqab studying a mixed-gender university major, despite her attempts to avoid intermingling, taking into account the payment of non-refundable administrative fees, the possibility of an unmixed major being available in her current place of residence, in addition to her frequent travel with her mother and her 13-and-a-half-year-old brother?
Is it forbidden for a mother to travel with her daughters by bus for two hours to visit her family without a mahram?
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 a girl to travel for study or work without a mahram, and is the father sinful if he refuses to travel with his daughter due to his preoccupations, and is it then permissible for her to travel? And how does one accept Allah's judgment and get rid of the feeling of inner dissatisfaction, and is one sinful if perplexed by a legal ruling and does not research it for fear of finding out it is haram?
What is the ruling on a woman traveling abroad to study with a mahram, with guarantees for her safety and that her religious commitment will not be jeopardized? Is there a sharia prohibition against a woman residing in another country for the purpose of study?
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?