If their parents or husbands agree, it was declared that women may perform the Hajj without a mehram as long as they don’t anticipate any risk or crime on their journey.
However, if a woman doesn’t have a mehram, she is exempt from performing the hajj according to Hanafi and Hanbali fiqh.
The Ministry of Religious Affairs must thoroughly scrutinise the group a woman is travelling with before permitting her to proceed to Hajj without a mehram.
Women might only be admitted after the group’s members have proven their reliability and honesty, it was suggested. The Ministry of Religious Affairs has discussed this matter with the council.
Saudi Arabia announced last year that women from all over the world are now able to conduct Umrah and Hajj without the need for a mehrem (blood relative) or male guardian.
The announcement was delivered at a press conference by Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, the Saudi Minister for Hajj and Umrah, ending the Kingdom’s protracted rule.
Women are permitted to perform Hajj or Umrah without a mehram and in the presence of “trusted women or a secure company. The Maliki and Shafi’i scholars hold to this position, according to Ahmed Saleh Halabi, a consultant for Hajj and Umrah Services.
Halabi states that “Abbas Shoman, supervisor of fatwa at Al-Azhar Al-Sharif in Egypt, declared in 2021 that a woman is permitted to perform Hajj and Umrah without an accompanying mehram.”
According to author Faten Ibrahim Hussein, a former advisor to the Minister of Hajj, “Allowing women to perform Umrah without the condition of a mehram makes life easier for them because many have difficult social conditions and may not find a mehram, or it may cost them a lot, while they are eager to perform Umrah.”
