Women Travelling Alone By Plane
Question
We always learnt that for a women travelling sharee safar distance she needs a mahram with her for the full travel?
Recently, I was told by an Aalim that she only needs the mahram to drop her by the airport and pick her up from the airport eg a women is travelling from Joburg to Durban, so she only needs a mahram to drop her by the airport here in Joburg and a mahram to pick her up from Durban airport (that means during the flight she travels alone)
Can Mufti Saheb please clarify for me what is correct.
Answer
Our Darul Ifta’s view is that a woman cannot, under any circumstances, undertake a Shar’ee Safar (77.25 kilometres and above) alone, regardless of what conveyance she is travelling in.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
سفر شرعی (۴۸ میل) کے بغیر محرم
یا بغیر شوہر کے عورت کو اجازت
نہیں خواہ کسی سواری سے ہو، ہے تو وہ سفر شرعی ہی، اس پر احکام شری مرتب ہوتے ہیں مثلا نماز کا
قصر کرنا و غیر ہ ۔فقط واللہ سبحانہ وتعالی اعلم۔(فتاوی محمودیہ ۱۰/۳۳۱)
- Approved by
- Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B.
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