A group of women This is a discussion on A group of women within the Islam in General forums, part of the Main Topics category; Are a group of women allowed to travel without a mahram? I always thought they could but finding more answers ... Re: A group of women Within the bounds of what the opinion she follows considers her to be a traveller (Imam Ahmeds view is roughly 48 miles) "A woman can leave her home with her husband's verbal or tacit consent. She needs to be accompanied by a mahram if she travels a long distance by which she is considered a traveler according to the shar'. Scholars have disputed what that distance should be with the hanaabilah stating 48 miles. She can travel within London without the need for a mahram. Wallahu 'a'lam." Re: A group of women Is a woman counted as a mahram for a non-related woman when travelling and in other cases, or not? Praise be to Allaah. A woman cannot be a mahram for anyone else. The mahram is a man who is forbidden for marriage to the woman because of blood ties, such as her father or brother; or a mahram through marriage, such as her husband, husband's father or husband's son; or a father or son through ridaa' (breastfeeding, i.e., the father or son of the woman who breastfed her), and so on. It is not permissible for a man to be alone with a non-mahram woman or to