Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3006
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي مَعْبَدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " لاَ يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ، وَلاَ تُسَافِرَنَّ امْرَأَةٌ إِلاَّ وَمَعَهَا مَحْرَمٌ ". فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، اكْتُتِبْتُ فِي غَزْوَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَخَرَجَتِ امْرَأَتِي حَاجَّةً. قَالَ " اذْهَبْ فَحُجَّ مَعَ امْرَأَتِكَ ".
Qutayba ibn Sa'id narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us from 'Amr, from Abu Ma'bad, from Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), who heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: ‘A man must not be alone with a woman, and a woman must not travel unless a mahram is with her.’ A man stood and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, I have been enlisted for such-and-such expedition, while my wife has set out for Hajj.’ He said, ‘Go and perform Hajj with your wife.’
Translation notes
A mahram is a close relative whom one may not marry.