Is it ok for my wife to travel to another state to visit a friend without me?
Question
She will be staying with the friend's family (mother, father, sister etc). I don't know the family very well because they lived overseas.
Answer
In the Sahih of Muslim, Hadhrat Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri (Radhiallaahu Anhu) narrates that Nabi (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said, 'Let no women travel for more than three days (being the equivalent of 48 miles / 88 kms.) unless her husband or her Mahram is with her.'
In view of the abovementioned Hadith, it is not permissible for women to travel alone.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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