[Part 2]

Here are some referenced quotes from those who transmitted the aforementioned concensus: 1⃣. Al-Baghawi raḥimahullāh said: “They did not differ concerning impermissibility of women travelling without a husband or a Maḥram for purposes other than the obligatory Ḥajj, and apart from (exceptional circumstances such as) a kafir woman embracing Islam in a non-Muslim land (I.e. She is allowed to migrate to a Muslim land without a mahram) or a female prisoner who escapes her captives. Others added: or a woman who becomes detached from her travelling companions and is found by a trustworthy man; in which case he is allowed to accompany her until he brings her back to her group.” [This was transmitted and endorsed by Ibn Ḥajar in Fat-ḥ Al-Bārī (4/90)] 2⃣. Al-Qāḍhi ’Iyāḍh raḥimahullāh said: “They did not differ concerning the fact that she is not allowed to travel without a Maḥram for purposes other than the obligatory Ḥajj.” [Ikmāl Al-Mu'allim Sharḥ Muslim (4/446)] ▪️This transmission of Al-Qāḍhi ’Iyāḍh was also relayed and endorsed by: A. An-Nawawi [Sharḥ Muslim (9/112)], B. ’Alā' Ad-deen ibnul ’Aṭṭār [Al-'Uddah fī Sharḥ Al-’Umdah (2/959)] C. Ibnul Mulaqqin [Al-I’lām bi fawā'id ’Umdat Al-Aḥkām (6/82)] 3⃣. Al-Qurṭubi raḥimahullāh said: “They did not differ concerning the fact that she is not allowed to travel for a non-obligatory purpose except with a Maḥram or her husband.” [Al-Mufhim 3/450] 4⃣. Ibn Ḥajar raḥimahullāh said: “This (ḥadīth) was used to establish the impermissibility of women travelling without a Maḥram; which is a matter of concensus - except in the case of (obligatory) Hajj and ’Umrah.” [Fat-ḥ Al-Bārī (2/662)] 5⃣. ’Abdurraḥmān Ibn Qāsim raḥimahullāh said: “They unanimously agreed concerning the impermissibility of a woman travelling without a Maḥram for purposes other than (obligatory) Ḥajj and ’Umrah, migrating from the lands of disbelief, and any other exceptional circumstances (ḍhurūrah); like the case of a man who finds a non-maḥram woman isolated somewhere in the open and so on, in which case he is allowed to accompany her; rather it is obligatory upon him to do so -without any differing- if he fears for her due to leaving her behind, based on the report of ’Ā'ishah (raḍhiyallāhu ’anhā) concerning the incident of Al-Ifk.” [Ḥāshiyat Ar-Rawḍh Al-Murbi’ (3/524)]