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Sahih Muslim 1339a

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: It is not lawful for a Muslim woman to travel a night’s journey except when there is a Mahram with her.

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
6names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا يَحِلُّ لاِمْرَأَةٍ مُسْلِمَةٍ تُسَافِرُ مَسِيرَةَ لَيْلَةٍ إِلاَّ وَمَعَهَا رَجُلٌ ذُو حُرْمَةٍ مِنْهَا»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: It is not lawful for a Muslim woman to travel a night’s journey except when there is a Mahram with her.

আবূ বাকর ইবনু আবূ শায়বাহ, আবূ কুরায়ব ও আহমাদ ইবনু সিনান (রহঃ) ..... মুগীরাহ ইবনু শু'বাহ (রাযিঃ) থেকে নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম এর একই হাদীস বর্ণনা করেছেন। আবূ বাকর ও আবূ কুরায়ব তাদের বর্ণনায় উল্লেখ করেছেন যে, ওয়াররাদ বলেছেনঃ মুগীরাহ দু'আটি আমাকে শিখিয়েছেন। অতঃপর তা আমি মু'আবিয়াকে লিখে পাঠিয়েছি। (ইসলামী ফাউন্ডেশন ১২১৫, ইসলামীক সেন্টার)

ابوبکر بن ابی شیبہ ، ابو کریب اور احمد بن سنان نے ہمیں حدیث بیان کی ، ان سب نے کہا : ہمیں ابو معاویہ نے اعمش سےحدیث سنائی ، انھوں نے مسیب بن رافع سے ، انھون نے مغیرہ بن شعبہ ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ کے مولیٰ وراد سے ، انھوں نےحضرت مغیرہ بن شعبہ ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ سے اور انھوں نے نبی ﷺ سے اسی طرح روایت بیا ن کی ۔

ابو بکر اور ابو کریب نے اپنی روایت میں : ( وراد نے ) کہا : مغیرہ ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ نے یہ بات مجھے لکھوائی اور میں نے یہ بات حضرت معاویہ ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ کی طرف لکھ بھیجی ۔

{….} Bize bu hadisi Ebu Bekir b. Ebî Şeyhe ile Ebu Kureyb ve Ahmed b. Sinan da rivayet ettiler. Dedilerki: Bize Ebu Muâviye A'meş'ten o da El-Müseyyeb b. Râfi'den, o da Mugîratü'bnü Şu'be'nin âzadlısı Verrâd'dan, o da Mugîre'den, o da Nebi (Sallallahu Akyhi ve Sellem)'den naklen yukarki hadîsin mislini rivayet etti. Ebu Bekir ile Ebu Kureyb kendi rivayetlerinde şöyle dediler: «Verrâd, Mugîra o mektubu bana yazdırdı. Onu Muâviye'ye, ben yazdım; dedi.»

Sahih Muslim 1339a, Book 15, The Book of Pilgrimage, Hadith 470. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) clarified that it is unlawful for a Muslim woman to travel a distance of one night unless accompanied by a man from her Mahrams.

What it teaches

  • Ibn Hajar said: The impermissibility of a woman traveling without a Mahram, and this is a consensus except in the cases of Hajj and ‘Umrah, and leaving the land of Shirk (polytheism). However, some scholars have made this a condition for performing Hajj.
  • The perfection of the Islamic Shariah and its deep concern for safeguarding and protecting women.
  • Belief in Allah and the Last Day requires submission to the legislation of Allah and abidance by His limits.
  • A woman's Mahram is her husband or someone who is permanently prohibited from marrying her due to blood relations, breastfeeding, or marriage ties. He must be a Muslim, adult, sane, trustworthy, and reliable, as the purpose of a Mahram is to protect and safeguard the woman and take care of her needs.
  • Al-Bayhaqi said regarding the narrations related to the duration of travel for which a woman is not allowed to travel except with a Mahram: In conclusion, anything that is called travel, a woman is prohibited from undertaking it without a husband or a Mahram, whether it is for three days, two days, one day, a Barīd (a specific distance measurement), or anything else, due to the general indication of the narration of Ibn ‘Abbās, which is the last of Muslim's previous narrations: "A woman must not travel except with a Mahram." This applies to all that is called travel. End quote. This Hadīth was based on the condition of the questioner and his country.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Qutaybah ibn SaidTold us, Fourth generation, died 240 AH
  3. 3Al-Layth ibn SadTold us, Third generation, died 175 AH
  4. 4Said ibn Abi Said al-MaqburiFrom, Successor, died 117 AH
  5. 5KaysanFrom, Successor, died 100 AH
  6. 6Abu HurayrahThat, Companion, died 57 AH

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