travelling without a mahram

Q: Can my sister travel for umrah without a mahram? Her brother is her mahram and he is already in Saudi Arabia. Can she travel with her mother for umrah?

Q: I want to go to visit my parents after two years. I don't have enough money for traveling with two persons. I live in Canada and my parents live in Pakistan. If I go alone to Pakistan with complete pardah, is it permissible for traveling because tickets are two expensive.

Q: I want to go on holiday abroad. I am a 48 year old female. After I asked, I cannot get a mahram to go on holiday with me. Can I go alone since I heard that after 50 years old then no mahram is required?

Q: The followers of Imam Shafiee are permitted to travel as a group of woman over the Sharee distance of 78km. What is their proof for this? What is the ruling of a woman from the Hanafi fiqh to travel with a mahram? Is it fardh, wajib or sunnah?

Q: Is it permissible for a woman to travel more than the safar distance without a mahram e.g. on a plane alone?

Q: I came to Jeddah for some work. I have two lady friends from Saudi Arabia and they are ready to come with me for umrah. Can I perform umrah without a mahram?

Q: A close relative of mine is planning to go for Hajj this year with her younger sister's husband as a Mahram. When I informed her that her sister's husband is NOT her Mahram, she responded by saying that she has already enquired from some Ulama and has been informed that he is her mahram. Please clarify this.

Q: Is it allowed for a lady to travel with her child of age one year for umra. Her husband is in Saudi Arabia and will be waiting in Jeddah airport for her and also will perform umra with her, but she will be alone in travelling from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia airport. I hear it is mandatory for her to have a mahram with her. My question is, is it ok for her to travel alone to Saudi and after that perform umra with her husband?

Q:

1) Can a lady teacher along with her 11 year daughter can travel in a girls only school bus with many other girls with out Mahram as husband has no time to pick and drop.

2) Is it allowed to travel with family in a car of a neighbor when his family is also accompanying him.

3) If a person dropping his wife to attend a weekly only women's Ta'leem in near by street of just 5 minutes drive is it allowed for a married woman with out mahran to go along with that family or come back with them?

Q: We are a group of girls (18-34). We would like to go on umrah soon and was wondering if it is permissible to go without a mahram even though we are +17 in the group and in niqaab. Some of us don't have a father nor brothers.