Travel and Mahram
346 questions
Is it permissible for a husband to grant his wife permission to visit her family (50 km away) or her sister (150 km away) by herself, without a mahram, with her stating that this falls under maintaining kinship ties?
Is a female student who has been studying in another country for ten years and refuses to return to live with her parents, using her studies as an excuse, considered undutiful?
What is the ruling on a Muslim girl residing alone in a foreign country for the purpose of study and acquiring knowledge, knowing that she wears the hijab and has righteous companionship there?
What is the ruling on a woman traveling and residing alone without a mahram for study or work in another city?
What is the ruling on residing with male siblings in another country for work, while there are sons of the maternal aunt present and I am performing household chores? And is it permissible to reside with a trustworthy Christian woman who respects the religion?
What is the difference between temporary and permanent mahram relatives, and is it permissible to sit with temporary mahram relatives, laugh, and show one's hair in front of them during the period of prohibition?
Is it appropriate for a father to ask his children (aged 14 and 16) to travel alone to meet him at the train station, knowing that he is not punctual?
Is a female student residing in university housing traveling a distance of 300 km without a mahram, despite being in trusted company, considered a violation of the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel a day and a night's journey except with a mahram"?
Is it permissible for a woman to work and travel on a mission abroad, such as to America?
What is the ruling on my sister traveling to study in a city 50 kilometers away and staying in a university dormitory specifically for girls, knowing that the study is mixed but the female students are isolated from the young men?
What is the ruling on a sister coming to reside and live communally with other girls for work in a Gulf country, with her brother following up with her daily?
Is it permissible to give money or clothing to someone who persists in committing sins, or who uses money to purchase unlawful things, or who does not adhere to the rulings of Islamic law, such as wearing the hijab or traveling without a mahram?
Is it permissible for a mother to travel without a mahram to her married daughter residing in Chicago to help her with her first birth, knowing that her husband cannot travel with her and her son is a university student?
Is the questioner's action of refusing his sister's departure to live in her brother's house with a non-mahram man who does not pray and drinks alcohol considered a religious error? Does he have the right to prevent them, and what is the responsibility of each party in this matter?
What is the ruling on a niqabi girl studying at a mixed-gender university 27 kilometers away from her home, taking an hour to reach, and passing through two Israeli checkpoints where she may be forced to uncover her niqab to a female soldier, given that she lives in a committed university dormitory, studies on a scholarship, cannot transfer to another university, and there is no non-mixed alternative with a good academic level? And what is the ruling on her riding alone with a non-mahram driver for a short distance on a crowded road? And does the impermissibility cease if she is accompanied by sisters, and what is the minimum number of companions that would permit that?
What is the ruling on a group of female students traveling a long distance by bus within the country to attend university without a mahram?
Is it permissible for a female teacher to go out to work without a mahram?
Is it permissible for a divorced woman to go out and travel with her ex-husband six years after their divorce to buy furniture for their children, accompanied by their 14-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son? And is it permissible for them to communicate daily?
Is a man's marriage to his wife's sister permissible or forbidden after divorcing her sister, given that they both eloped and got married?
Is it permissible for a woman to travel alone for work in order to educate her son in another country?
What is the ruling on foreign domestic workers working in Saudi Arabia without a mahram, and have any Saudi fatwas been issued regarding this matter?
What is the age a محرم must reach to travel with a woman, and is it permissible to travel with a 13-year-old younger brother if he is the only available male محرم?
Is it permissible for a woman to travel for study or work without a mahram if transportation is via public means and accommodation is in female-only housing?
Is it permissible to travel with a mahram who will separate from me four or five hours before the end of the journey out of necessity?