Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #27327

Ahmad bin Mani’ told us, Abu Muawiyah told us, on the authority of Al-Amash, on the authority of Abu Salih, on the authority of Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri, he said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “It is not permissible for a woman who believes in God and the Last Day to travel for a period of three days or more except with her. “Her father, or her brother, or her husband, or her son, or a mahram among her.” And on the authority of Abu Hurairah, Ibn Abbas, and Ibn Omar. Abu Issa said: This is a good and authentic hadith. It was narrated on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, that he said, “A woman should not travel a distance of one day or one night.” Except with A mahram. And this is what the people of knowledge dislike for a woman to travel except with a mahram. The people of knowledge disagreed. If a woman is well-off and does not have a mahram, should she perform Hajj? Some scholars said that Hajj is not obligatory for her because The forbidden From the way, according to the words of God Almighty: (For whoever is able to find a way to it.) So they said: If she does not have a mahram, then she cannot find a way to him. This is the opinion of Sufyan al-Thawri and the people of Kufa. Some of the people of knowledge said, “If the road is safe, she will go out with her.” People during Hajj. This is the opinion of Malik bin Anas and Al-Shafi’i.