A Woman Does not Act as a Mahram for Another Woman
Question: 7847
Can a woman be considered a mahram for a woman she is not related to for purposes of traveling or sitting with others?
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
A woman cannot be a mahram for another. The one who is
considered mahram is a man that a woman
cannot marry due to blood relations, such as her father and her brother,
or a man related to her due to marriage, such as
her husband, her father-in-law and her step-son, or a man related due to
breast feeding, such as her father from breast
feeding and so forth.
It is not allowed for a man to be in private with a woman he is not
related to nor can he travel with her. The Prophet
(peace be upon him) said,
“A woman does not travel except with a mahram.”
This was recorded by al-Bukhari and Muslim. The Prophet (peace be upon
him)
also said,
“A man is never alone with a woman except that Satan is the
third.”
This was recorded by Imam Ahmad and others from the hadith of Umar with a
sahih chain.
Source:
Shaikh ibn Baz
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