Is it haram for girls to live out?

[The Ruler]

With due respect brother...... I agree what you are saying it is our responsibility as Muslims to protect the female gender and to educate our male Muslims.......... for a better way of life..............

And educate the female muslims too (it's equally important). Let's not forget that.

I second what crayon previously said:

Traveling with out a mahram is not the same thing as living alone. You could live in the same room as your mahram, or the same house, or the same city, or even a different city, if your mahram dropped you off there and then went back.

So yeah, traveling without a mahram =/= living without a mahram.

And as far as my knowledge goes, no hadith mentions that a female has to have her mahram with her wherever she is or where she lives.

If that were the case, we'd have to take our fathers, brothers, uncles and grandfathers to any sleepover we attend. It'd be pretty uncomfortable for the other girls. Yah.

 

[gladTidings]

Salaam sis..

To answer the question..no, it is not haraam for a girl to live on campus. I clarified this with a couple of scholars when I decided to live on campus. However both of them emphasized the fact that I would need a mahram when I am travelling to university from home or vice versa. You'll have to check with your mahram's if this will be a problem for them..otherwise I dont know of any other restrictions.

Moving away from home is a big step so make sure you pray istikhaara before you make any decisions.

Ws x

 

[جوري]

I lived on campus too ( all girls halls), my dad would drop me off every semester and my bro would pick me up when done, but when I felt home sick (in the beginning it was quite often) I used to simply just come home alot on my own...

I am grateful sis pearl posted her experience.. I was really starting to feel bad.. imsad

 

[Malaikah]

If that were the case, we'd have to take our fathers, brothers, uncles and grandfathers to any sleepover we attend. It'd be pretty uncomfortable for the other girls. Yah.

lol sis. Going to a sleepover doesn't count as travelling.

Travelling (i.e. the type of travelling where someone can break their fast, shorten their prayers etc) is when you leave the city.

So women can travel from one corner of the city to the other by themselves, however when they leave the city some scholars are of the opinion that they need a mahram.

Other scholars say it is fine for them to go alone as long as it is safe, because the reason women need mahrams to travel is for their safety.

While travelling is mostly safe for us these days lets not forget that during the Prophets time for a woman to travel alone it meant going through the harsh, hot desert alone on camel back. Definitely NOT safe! Not only did they have to worry about wild animals but bandits too.

That's a far cry from the luxury of planes we have these days.

 

[crayon]

I'm going to bump this again because I still haven't received a satisfactory answer to this:

If a girl does NOT TRAVEL alone, her mahram travels with her to a different city, drops her off, and then comes back. She lives there ALONE. Is this haram? Please provide EVIDENCE, either scholar's answers for this specific situation, or some hadith. Jazakum Allah Khair.

 

[Ummu Sufyaan]

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There is nothing wrong with your sister working in the students’ residence, especially if it is in your city, but if it is in another city then it is not permissible for her to travel there and back except with a mahram, but it is permissible for her to stay in that residence without a mahram, because what is required is only that she be accompanied by the mahram on the road.

Source

but sis, make sure your company is of the righteous

 

[crayon]

Jazaki Allah khair sis, I appreciate the answer.
Alhamdullilah everything has worked out now already, inshaAllah.

 

[أبو سليمان عمر]

If it is permissible for a woman to live alone, why can’t she travel without a mahram?
Can women live alone? If they can live alone, why can't they travel alone?.

Praise be to Allaah.

A woman may live alone subject to the condition that she is trustworthy and is not a woman of dubious character. With regard to a woman travelling without a mahram, it is clearly not allowed, as in the hadeeth narrated by al-Bukhaari (1729) and Muslim (2391) from Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “No woman should travel except with a mahram, and no man should enter upon her unless a mahram of hers is present.” A man said: “O Messenger of Allaah, I want to go out with such and such an army and my wife wants to go for Hajj.” He said: “Go out (for Hajj) with her.”

This is completely wise, because travel involves hardship and exhaustion, and because of her weakness a woman needs someone to help her and stay by her side. Things may happen to her that may cause her to lose control when her mahram is not with her. This is well known nowadays when there are so many accidents involving cars and other means of transportation.

Moreover, if a woman travels alone, that exposes her to temptation and men may make approaches, especially when there is a great deal of corruption. Someone may sit near her who does not fear Allaah, and he may tempt her to do something haraam.

If we assume that a woman is travelling alone in her car, she is exposed to other dangers, such as her car breaking down, or evil people ganging up on her, etc.

This makes its clear that Islam is the first of all systems to take care of women, protect their honour, respect them and regard them as precious pearls that must be protected from evil.

We submit to the command of Allaah and His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and we know that it contains complete wisdom and mercy, because Allaah only forbids to His slaves that which is harmful for them.

It is not correct to compare travel to a woman staying alone in a house in her own land, because there are more dangers in the place that a woman travels to. If a woman is in her own town, if anything happens to her or she needs someone to help her, she will find someone to help her. The fear of evil people attacking her is less when she is in her own town and her own house than when she is travelling.

And Allaah knows best.
http://islamqa.com/en/ref/45917/can a women live alone