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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Pilgrimage

Sahih Muslim 1338a

Chapter: A woman travelling with a Mahram for Hajj and other purposes

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 1338a

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، - وَهُوَ الْقَطَّانُ - عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏

لاَ تُسَافِرِ الْمَرْأَةُ ثَلاَثًا إِلاَّ وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ ‏"

Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

A woman should not set out on three (days' journey) except when she has a Mahram with her.

Reported by Muslim (No. 1338a, 1338b), Abu Dawud (No. 1727) and Ahmad (No. 4386, 4467).

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Classical commentary

An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : ( لَا تُسَافِر الْمَرْأَة ثَلَاثًا إِلَّا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَم ) وَفِي رِوَايَة : ( فَوْق ثَلَاث ) وَفِي رِوَايَة : ( ثَلَاثَة ) وَفِي رِوَايَة ( لَا يَحِلّ لِامْرَأَةٍ تُؤْمِن بِاَللَّهِ وَالْيَوْم الْآخِر تُسَافِر مَسِيرَة ثَلَاث لَيَالٍ إِلَّا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَم ) وَفِي رِوَايَة ( لَا تُسَافِر الْمَرْأَة يَوْمَيْنِ مِنْ الدَّهْر إِلَّا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَم مِنْهَا أَوْ زَوْجهَا ) وَفِي رِوَايَة ( نَهَى أَنْ تُسَافِر الْمَرْأَة مَسِيرَة يَوْمَيْنِ ) وَفِي رِوَايَة ( لَا يَحِلّ لِامْرَأَةِ مُسْلِمَة تُسَافِر مَسِيرَة لَيْلَة إِلَّا وَمَعَهَا ذُو حُرْمَة مِنْهَا ) وَفِي رِوَايَة ( لَا يَحِلّ لِامْرَأَةِ تُؤْمِن بِاَللَّهِ وَالْيَوْم الْآخِر تُسَ…

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 1338b

" More than three (days)." Ibn Numair narrated on the authority of his father, (and the words are):" Three (days) except (when) she has a Mahram with her."

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي جَمِيعًا، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ ‏.‏ فِي…

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

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  • الأوسط في السنن والإجماع والاختلاف لابن المنذر (879)لا تُسَافِرُ الْمَرْأَةُ ثَلاثًا إِلا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ
  • التحقيق في مسائل الخلاف لابن الجوزي (1345)لَا تُسَافِرُ الْمَرْأَةُ ثَلَاثًا إِلَّا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ
  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (9393)لا تُسَافِرِ الْمَرْأَةُ ثَلاثًا إِلا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ
  • المسند المستخرج على صحيح مسلم لأبي نعيم (2864)لا تُسَافِرُ الْمَرْأَةُ ، إِلَّا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ
  • تاريخ دمشق لابن عساكر (72213)لا تُسَافِرُ الْمَرْأَةُ إِلا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ
  • شرح معاني الآثار للطحاوي (2241)لا تُسَافِرِ الْمَرْأَةُ إِلا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ
  • صحيح ابن حبان (2797)لا تُسَافِرُ الْمَرْأَةُ إِلا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ
  • صحيح ابن خزيمة (2352)تُسَافِرَ الْمَرْأَةُ ثَلاثًا إِلا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 1995

No woman should travel on a two-day-distant journey except with her husband or a Mahram

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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A woman should not travel except with a Dhu-Mahram (her husband or a man with whom that woman cannot marry at all according to the Islamic Jurisprudence), and no man may visit her except in the presence of a Dhu-Mahram." A man got up and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I…

لاَ تُسَافِرِ الْمَرْأَةُ إِلاَّ مَعَ ذِي مَحْرَمٍ، وَلاَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهَا رَجُلٌ إِلاَّ وَمَعَهَا مَحْرَمٌ ‏"

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 1339a

It is not lawful for a Muslim woman to travel the distance of one night unless accompanied by a man who is a Mahram (non-marriageable male relative) to her

"It is not lawful for a Muslim woman to travel the distance of one night unless accompanied by a man who is a Mahram (non-marriageable male relative) to her."

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Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 1726

A woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day must not make a journey of more than three days unless she is accompanied by her father or her brother, or her husband or her son or her relative who is within the prohibited degree.

لاَ يَحِلُّ لاِمْرَأَةٍ تُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ أَنْ تُسَافِرَ سَفَرًا فَوْقَ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فَصَاعِدًا إِلاَّ وَمَعَهَا أَبُوهَا أَوْ أَخُوهَا أَوْ زَوْجُهَا أَوِ ابْنُهَا أَوْ ذُو مَحْرَمٍ مِنْهَا ‏"

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