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Hadith 473

473 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ قَالَ: ثنا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ: ثنا عَمْرٌو قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو مَعْبَدٍ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْدَقِ مَوَالِي ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْطُبُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: «لَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لِامْرَأَةٍ أَنْ تُسَافِرَ إِلَّا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ» فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي اكْتَتَبْتُ فِي غَزْوَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَإِنَّ امْرَأَتِي انْطَلَقَتْ حَاجَّةً فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «انْطَلِقْ فَاحْجُجْ مَعَ امْرَأَتِكَ» قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: كَانَ الْكُوفِيُّونَ يَأْتُونَ أَبَدًا عُمَرَ وَيَسْأَلُونَهُ عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ يَقُولُونَ كَيْفَ حَدِيثُ اكْتَتَبْتُ فِي غَزْوَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟
Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) delivering a sermon, saying: “No man should ever be alone with a woman, and it is not permissible for any woman to travel except that she has a mahram relative with her.” A man stood up in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! My name has been registered for such-and-such battle, and my wife is going for Hajj. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Go and perform Hajj with your wife.” Sufyan, the narrator, says: People from Kufa used to come to (my teacher) Amr ibn Dinar al-Makki and ask him about this hadith. He used to say: How is that hadith, in which it is mentioned that my name has been written for such-and-such battle?
Hadith Reference مسند الحميدي / 473
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسناده صحيح
Hadith Takhrij « إسناده صحيح وأخرجه البخاري فى «صحيحه» برقم: 1862، 3006، 3061، 5233، ومسلم فى «صحيحه» برقم: 1341، وابن خزيمة فى «صحيحه» برقم: 2529، 2530، وابن حبان فى «صحيحه» برقم: 2731، 3756،3757، 5589، والنسائي فى «الكبریٰ» برقم: 9174، وابن ماجه فى «سننه» برقم: 2900، وأحمد فى «مسنده» برقم: 1959، وأبو يعلى فى «مسنده» برقم: 2391، 2516»
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim bin Basheer
Benefit:
From this hadith, it is understood that a woman cannot travel alone with a non-mahram man, even if the journey is for Hajj. Apart from mahram relatives, all other relatives who are non-mahram, a woman must observe hijab (veil) from them. Nowadays, a very incorrect custom has become prevalent that when a marriage takes place, the woman enters her husband's house with hijab, and the husband says, "This is my brother, what need is there to observe hijab from him? This is my paternal uncle's son." No, rather, only those relationships which Allah the Exalted has made mahram, only from them can a woman remove the hijab.
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 473
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
From this, the permissibility of writing names is also established; this is precisely the translation of the chapter heading.
It is also understood from this that if a woman goes for Hajj, it is necessary that her husband or a mahram accompanies her.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 3061
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:

This hadith also provides evidence for census-taking, especially that there should be a formal registration of those participating in jihad, so that the distribution of war booty (ghanimah) or identification of martyrs after the battle can be ascertained.


It is also understood from this hadith that if a woman goes for Hajj, it is necessary that her husband or another mahram accompanies her; without this, her journey for Hajj is not permissible.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 3061
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The importance of a mahram (unmarriageable male guardian) during travel is so great that, due to this excuse, permission was granted for not participating in jihad.

➋ If, during the journey of Hajj, a woman does not have any mahram to accompany her, or if a mahram is present but he cannot afford the expenses of Hajj, and neither can the woman bear his expenses, then Hajj will not remain obligatory upon the woman, because the means (istita‘ah) are no longer present.

➌ Some scholars have stated that if other women are traveling with their own mahrams, then the woman who does not have a mahram, or whose mahram does not have the ability to undertake the journey of Hajj, may also travel with their caravan. This is because, in such a situation, the dangers to a woman’s honor and chastity, for which reason she was prohibited from traveling without a mahram, generally do not remain.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2900