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**Hujkmlopes** · 08-09-2012, 06:29 AM

What could a ruling be for someone (like me), who is a convert? Neither my brother or father are Muslim, so I am forced to wait until I am married to visit Mekkah?

Originally Posted by SeekerOfGuidance There are usually exceptions to any general rule. You should consult a reliable Mufti regarding your individual circumstances.

Shaykh Mufti Muhammad Taqi al-Usmani (may Allah preserve him) states:

�However, in the case of a woman who has neither a husband nor a father, nor does she have some other relative who could support her financially, nor does she have enough funds to take care of her needs, it would, under this situation, become permissible for her to go out of the house under legal hijab and earn her living to the limit of her need. Now, when this purpose can be easily achieved while living in one's own country or city, then there is no need to travel to a foreign land. If there is no other way for her, but to travel to another city, and she does not have any Mahrams, then only in this situation it will be permissible for her to take the opinion of Imam Shafi�i and Imam Malik, for they have given permission for her to travel with a group of trustworthy women [in such situations]�. (Buhuth fi qadhaya fiqhiyya al-mu�asira, P. 338).

08-09-2012, 06:29 AM	#14
Hujkmlopes Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 431 Senior Member	What could a ruling be for someone (like me), who is a convert? Neither my brother or father are Muslim, so I am forced to wait until I am married to visit Mekkah? Originally Posted by SeekerOfGuidance There are usually exceptions to any general rule. You should consult a reliable Mufti regarding your individual circumstances. Shaykh Mufti Muhammad Taqi al-Usmani (may Allah preserve him) states: �However, in the case of a woman who has neither a husband nor a father, nor does she have some other relative who could support her financially, nor does she have enough funds to take care of her needs, it would, under this situation, become permissible for her to go out of the house under legal hijab and earn her living to the limit of her need. Now, when this purpose can be easily achieved while living in one's own country or city, then there is no need to travel to a foreign land. If there is no other way for her, but to travel to another city, and she does not have any Mahrams, then only in this situation it will be permissible for her to take the opinion of Imam Shafi�i and Imam Malik, for they have given permission for her to travel with a group of trustworthy women [in such situations]�. (Buhuth fi qadhaya fiqhiyya al-mu�asira, P. 338).
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