Q 6. Some Muslim women and young girls take up residence in non-Muslim
countries either to pursue a career in modern education or to earn their
living. Sometime, they would live alone and at others, they might share
a home with non-Muslim women. What is the Islamic view on Muslim women
living alone or sharing a residence with non-Muslim women? Is it permissible
under the Islamic religious law?
A. 6: As stated in our answer to Question No. 5 appearing above,
a Muslim woman is not permitted to travel alone without a Mahram to non-Muslim
countries whether it be for employment or education. Similarly, it is
also impermissible to stay there. But, if a woman had travelled to some
non-Muslim country with her Mahram and had taken up residence there as
a citizen but later on either the Mahram of this woman died there or for
some reason that Mahram traveled away from there to some other place and
that woman was left all alone. In this situation, there is no problem
if this woman were to stay there alone of course, subject to the condition
that she abides by the legal hijab requirement while living there.
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