Who can accompany woman to hajj.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
My
mother will go for Hajj, insha Allah. Please clarify with whom she can go other
than husband and son.
Can
she go with my first cousin
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Answer:
Who can accompany
woman to hajj
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 2.194 Narrated by Abu
Huraira
The Prophet (saws)
said, "It is not permissible for a woman,
who believes in Allah and the Last Day,
to travel for one day and night except with a Mahram."
Firstly, we would like to clarify that the prohibition of
a believing woman travelling alone is not only for Hajj, but applies to any and
all travel which exceeds a time period of one day and one night.
A believing woman is at liberty to travel with any of her
adult ‘mehram’ relatives, and the list of ‘mehram’ relatives of a woman in
Shariah are:
Your
Question: Can she go with my first cousin
Your maternal male cousins would indeed be amongst the
‘mehram’ relatives of your mother, thus she is at absolute liberty to undertake
a journey with them; but your paternal male cousins might not necessarily be
her ‘mehrams’, and if no ‘mehram’ relationship is established between your
mother and your paternal male cousins, it would not be permissible for her in
Shariah to undertake a journey lasting for more than a day and a night with
them.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan