What is the ruling of a woman from the Hanafi fiqh to travel with a mahram?
Published as Travelling without a mahram
Question
The followers of Imam Shafiee are permitted to travel as a group of woman over the Sharee distance of 78km. What is their proof for this? What is the ruling of a woman from the Hanafi fiqh to travel with a mahram? Is it fardh, wajib or sunnah?
Answer
Yes. Refer to their kitaabs like Kitaabul Umm.
It is fardh.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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