A woman who does not have a Mahram to travel with does not have to go for Hajj or `Umrah and she is excused if she does not go. It is prohibited for her to travel for Hajj or for any other reason without a Mahram, and she has to be patient until Allah makes it easy for one of her Mahrams to travel with her.

• A woman may live alone subject to the condition that she is trustworthy and is not a woman of dubious character. • A woman is not allowed to travel without a Mahram because travel Because there is a Hadith that clearly prohibits it, and because it involves hardship and exhaustion, and because of her weakness a woman needs someone to help her and stay by her side. • It is not correct to compare travel to a woman staying alone in a house in her own land, because there are more dangers in the place that a woman travels to.

If going from your city to this place is regarded as travelling according to the people`s customs, then it is not permissible for you to go there without a Mahram. If it is not regarded as travelling according to custom then there is nothing wrong with you going there without a Mahram.

It is prohibited for a woman to go out of the house without the husband’s permission except in cases of necessity, or Shar`i obligations. With regard to a woman travelling without a Mahram, this is also prohibited.