According to the most strict interpretation of the Hadiths, a woman is NOT allowed to travel or be alone with another man UNLESS that man is her Husband, Father, Brother or Mahram. A Mahram is an unmarriageable kin with whom sexual intercourse would be considered incestuous, which is a punishable taboo. Thus the Mahram serves as a possible escort outside of the woman's husband.
Sahih Muslim Book 026, Number 5400:
'Uqba b. Amir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: BEWARE of getting, into the houses and meeting women (in seclusion). A person from the Ansir said: Allah's Messenger, what about husband's brother, whereupon he said: HUSBANDS BROTHER IS LIKE DEATH.
Sahih Muslim Book 007, Number 3108:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: It is not lawful for a woman believing in Allah and the Hereafter to undertake journey extending over three days or more, except when she is in the company of her father, or her son, or her husband, or her brother, or any other Mahram.
Sahih Muslim Book 007, Number 3106:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: It is not lawful for a woman believing in Allah and the Hereafter to undertake journey extending over a day and a night except when there is a Mahram with her.
Sahih Muslim Book 007, Number 3105:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah and the Hereafter to undertake a day's journey except in the company of a Mahram.
Sahih Muslim Book 007, Number 3104:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: It is not lawful for a Muslim woman to travel a night's journey except when there is a Mahram with her.
Sahih Muslim Book 007, Number 3110:
Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) delivering a sermon and making this observation:" NO PERSON SHOULD BE ALONE WITH A WOMAN except when there is a Mahram with her, and the woman should NOT undertake journey except with a Mahram." A person stood up and said: Allah's Messenger, my wife has set out for pilgrimage, whereas I am enlisted to fight in such and such battle, whereupon he said:" You go and perform Hajj with your wife."
Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that RasulAllah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) said: ‘A woman MUST NOT travel EXCEPT with a Mahram and a man must NOT enter upon her except if she has a Mahram. (Sahih al-Bukhari, no. 1763).
Hmmmmmm....So, which is it? Three days, two days, a day and a night, only a night, or NEVER?
According to Sunnah.org:
It should be noted that the hadith of the three days does not mean in the understanding of the fuqaha' that she is allowed to travel alone for one day or two or up to three. THE PROHIBITION IS ABSOLUTE, as expressed explicitly in the hadith in Bukhari: "WOMEN ARE NOT TO TRAVEL EXCEPT WITH A MAHRAM" and this takes precedence over the hadith of the three days. This is stated by Nawawi in Sahih Muslim and is confirmed by the fact that no one has considered permissible woman's travel alone whether for up to three days or for as little as one.
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