Citaat door Agadir2004:ik kan niet het tegendeel leveren.
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Name Najib -
Title Re: Can Women Live Alone?
Question Asalaam alaikoem A few days ago you answered my question about a woman who is living alone (reference: G3HQ5T). This is what you said: "There is nothing in Islam which prohibits a woman or a group of Muslim women to live alone as long as there is a religiously acceptable reason for being alone such as when the woman has no relatives or when she is divorced with neither relatives nor children to live with." My question is: what is religiously acceptable? Is a woman whit good behauvior allowed to live alone just because she wants to be independent? Is a woman allowed to live alone if she wants to study in another far city? Djazakallah ou gharain for your answer.
Date 1/12/2004
Mufti
Dr. Rif`at Fawzi
Answer
Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
Dear questioner, thank you very much for having confidence in us, and we hope our efforts, which are purely for Allah's Sake, meet your expectations.
Responding to the question, Dr. Rif`at Fawzi, former professor of Shari`ah at Cairo Univ., states the following:
“The religiously acceptable reason referred to in the previous answer is the religious necessity that warrants the woman to live alone. For example, a woman can be forced to live alone in case she has no mahrams to live with, and this is considered a religious necessity and a ‘religiously acceptable reason…’ All in all, the issue of necessity is not of a general concept, and that is why it should be judged by every single situation which arises as every issue requires a separate explanation and a separate ruling.
Coming to the second main point in the question, I can say that the woman is permitted to live alone and in another city as long as the following conditions are met:
1-If the woman is forced to live there and there is no way for her to live and study along with her family.
2-She is to seek a Mahram in that city, and in case she can’t find a Mahram to live with, she should seek the possibility of being accompanied by a member of her family in the other city in case there is no resident mahram to accompany her in that new city.
3-Under all circumstance, the woman’s safety and security should be ensured.
4-If there is no way out, and the woman is obliged to live alone to study in another city, then it depends on the subjects she is going to study, and whether they are essential or not, and here, I think it is preferable from the woman’s side to tell us about the study which warrants her to do so, and based on what she will say we will issue the fatwa based on what will be said.”
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