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Mufti Muhammad Hashim Khan Attari Madani
(1) Travelling for a study tour beyond the limit set by sharia, without a mahram
Q: What do the scholars of Islam say regarding the following: I study in Hyderabad University and our university organises annual study tours to various parts of Pakistan for various purposes (leisure, group activities, visitation of historical sites, refining creative skills, etc.). This year, our university is organising a study tour from Hyderabad to Karachi (that is beyond the limit set by sharia). Only students (males and females) and teachers can travel on this tour; it is not permitted to take any family member, such as a mahram. The university states that any students who travel with them will be completely taken care of by them. Please advise as to whether I can travel for this study tour with the other students and university staff.
بِسْمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
A: In the above case, it is not permissible for you to travel on a study tour with the other students and university staff. This is because you will exceed the limit set by sharia when travelling from Hyderabad to Karachi, and it is impermissible and haram for a woman to travel 92km without a mahram or her husband. Additionally, our beautiful sharia does not permit a woman to even undertake the sacred journey for hajj or umrah without her husband or a mahram, so how would she be permitted to go on a study tour?
Moreover, these kinds of study tours involve other wrongdoings, such as young men and women travelling together, laughing and joking along the way and taking pictures together. Whereas, it is severely impermissible and haram for non-mahram men and women to laugh and joke with one another, mix freely, appear in front of each other without being properly covered, and take pictures of one another. Every Muslim is aware that Islam encourages modesty and bashfulness.
The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم stated:
الحیاء من الایمان
“Modesty is from faith.”[1]
وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہٗ اَعْلَم صلَّی اللہ علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
(2) Menstrual bleeding during spiritual retreat (iꜤtikāf)
Q: What do the scholar of Islam say regarding the following: if a woman experiences menstrual bleeding whilst observing spiritual retreat (iꜤtikāf) during the last ten days of Ramadan, will it invalidate her spiritual retreat?
بِسْمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
A: If a woman experiences menstrual bleeding whilst observing spiritual retreat (iꜤtikāf) in the last ten days of Ramadan, her spiritual retreat will become invalid. This is because a condition for the Sunnah spiritual retreat is to be in a state of fasting, and it is necessary to be free from menstrual and post-natal bleeding in order to fast. Also, in this situation, once she is in a state of purity again, it is wājib upon her to make up a day of spiritual retreat while fasting, be it within Ramadan or after it.
وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہٗ اَعْلَم صلَّی اللہ علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
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