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Is it permissible for a mature woman to go for Umrah without a Mahram, if she is accompanied by trustworthy women and it is an obligatory Umrah by plane?

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The fundamental principle is that a woman is not permitted to travel except with a or her husband. An exception to this is travel for an obligatory act of worship, such as the obligatory Hajj or . In such cases, she may travel with a trusted group if she cannot find a mahram or her husband. This is the view of the Maliki school, one opinion among the Shafi'is, and the choice of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. The evidence for this is what is stated in Mawahib al-Jalil by Al-Hattab al-Maliki, quoting from Al-Muwatta' by Imam Malik. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah also holds that a woman may travel for any act of obedience.

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