I need to know whether there can be a concession for a female wanting to go for Hajj, my sister in law is a widow.
Question
I need to know whether there can be a concession for a female wanting to go for Hajj, my sister in law is a widow. Her 2 sisters intend going for hajj this year (2007) with their husbands and the sister would like to join them. Her father is unable to join them and she wants to know if there can be any concession for her as Hajj has become Fardh on her but has no Mahram. Please advise
Answer
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatoh
In Shariah, a woman is not allowed to take a journey of three days length without her being accompanied by her husband or mahram. Imam Muslim in his Sahih narrates:
Abu Saeed narrates that Rasullah (Sallalahu Alaihi Wasallam) said, “It is not permissible for a woman who bring Imaan and Allah and the Day of Judgment that she take a journey of three day’s length or greater, except that with her is her father, or her son, or her husband, or her brother, or one of her (other) mahram.
If a woman has the financial means to perform Hajj, then Hajj will become compulsory upon her. For that she will require a mahram. If she does not have a mahram, the execution of Hajj will be delayed until she has a mahram. If she does not have a mahram until death, she will have to make wasiyyat for her Hajj. Hajj is an act of worship in which a person sins are washed off. It would defeat the purpose to undergo a haram act to do hajj.
Al-Dar Al-Qutni narrates:
It is narrated on the authority of Ibn Abbas that Rasullah (Sallalahu Alaihi Wasallam) has said, “A women must not perform Hajj except that with her is a mahram.”
Fatawa Qazi Khan (1:283) Maktaba Rashediya
Rad Al-Muhtar (2:464) H.M. Saeed Company
Fatawa Mahmoodia (13:166) Maktaba Mahmoodia
Fatawa Raheemiya (8:307) Dar Al-Ishaat
And Allah knows best
Wassalam
Ml. Ehzaz Ajmeri,
Student Darul Iftaa
Checked and Approved by:
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
عن أبي سعيد الخدري قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يحل لامرأة تؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر أن تسافر سفرا
يكون ثلاثة أيام فصاعدا إلا ومعها أبوها أو ابنها أو زوجها أو أخوها أو ذو محرم منها (مسلم)
عن ابن عباس ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال لا تحج امرأة الا ومعها محرم رواه الدار القطنى
- ولا يثبت الاستطاعة للمرأء اذا كان بينها وبين مكة مسيرة سفر شابة كانت أو عجوزا الا بمحرم - (فتاوى قاضيخان مع الهندية)
- ( قوله ومع زوج أو محرم ) هذا وقوله ومع عدم عدة عليها شرطان مختصان بالمرأة فلذا قال لامرأة وما قبلهما من الشروط مشترك... ( قوله قولان ) هما مبنيان على أن وجود الزوج أو المحرم شرط وجوب أم شرط وجوب أداء والذي اختاره في الفتح أنه مع الصحة وأمن الطريق شرط وجوب الأداء فيجب الإيصاء إن منع المرض – (رد المحتار)
- عورت کے پاس اگر اپنے حج کیلۓ روپہ کافی ہو اور شوہر یا کوئ محرم بہی جانے والا ہو تب تو اس کے ذمہ حج کیلۓ جانا فرض ہوتا ہے ورنہ فرض نہیں ہوتا ۔ بلکہ حج بدل کیلۓ وصیت کرنا ضروری ہوتا ہے جس کی تنفید ایک تہائ ترکہ سے لازم ہوتی ہے – (فتاوی محمودیہ)
جب عورت کے حق میں اپنے فرض حج کی ادئیگی ميں شوہر یا کسی محرم کا ساتہ ہونا ضروری ہے محرح نہ ہو تو حج بدل کی وصیت کرے مگر محرم کے بغیر حج نہیں کر سکتی – (فتاوی رحیمیہ)
- Answered by
- Ml. Ehzaz Ajmeri
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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