Islam is the belief of peace and knowledge. Allah
knows better about human needs, good and bad features of selfdom and therefore presents
a total guide for life throughout Prophet Muhammad and the Holy Quran. In
Islam, women should be treated as the noblest facet of a society. Their respect
and honor is a must, consequently, Allah has given them some guidelines as a avoidance
of their regard just as “the Mahram”.
As take out from the Quran, the meaning of this term is; A Mahram is
a male relation of the women who is either related through blood ties, marriage
or breastfeeding. This includes relations like father, brother, son,
grandfather, grandson, nephew, uncle, father-in-law, stepfather, stepson and alike
associations. According to Shari’ah a woman can simply perform Hajj with any of these persons only.
Hajj
is a compulsion to each competent Muslim in a lifetime. While it comes to
Muslim women, I have searched for a pertinent Quranic Verse about travelling
with Mahram, but couldn’t
find any precise verse in the Quran which states that women couldn’t travel
without her Mahram.
However, it is obviously reveal in Sahih Muslim that a woman is not allowable
to travel a detachment more than 78 km without her Mahram.
In Sahih
Muslim,
a.
Sayyiduna
Abud Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah
(Allah bless him & give him peace) said: “it is illegal for a woman who
consider in Allah and the last day that she actions the reserve of one day and
one night with no a Mahram accompanying her” (Sahi al-Bukhari, no 1038)
b.
Sayyiduna Abd Allah ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with him) describe
that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) said: “A
woman must not travel for three days but with a Mahram.” (Sahih al-Bukari, no.
1036 & Sahih Muslim)
c.
Sayyiduna Abu Sa’id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him) relate
that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) said: “Let
no woman travel for extra than three days except her husband or a or a Mahram
is with her.” (Sahih Muslim)
