Question:


Is a woman allowed to ride with the driving-teacher to learn driving, if she was alone without a Mahram or husband, considering the car of teaching driving a public car and not a private car to need a Mahram? Does the teacher of driving commits a sin if he teaches driving for a woman who came to him without a Mahram or a husband?

Answer:

It is true that the car of teaching driving is a public car and not a private one, but the duty here is the presence of the husband or a Mahram with the woman, if she does not do that, then she commits a sin, also the teacher of driving commits a sin if he teaches her in the car without a Mahram.We explain as follows:1. Allah (swt) alloweder.These affairs are two parts:The First Part does not requer).

Suchs stmainuld d waspecial roads in the city for women and others for men. There will be the same passages and roads to use but without Khultah, in the above mentioned meaning.Therefore the accomplishing of all the affairs which Shari'ah allowed for women, do not necessitate the Ijtima' (the meeting) of men with women.

The Second Part: Its accomplishing necessitates the Ijtima' of men and women for a certain affair.Such as: Selling and buying, tenancy, medical treatment, nursing, some kinds of learning and teache has specials Ahkam which organize this Ijtima' in the bounds of Shari'ah.>Praying in the Masjid necessitates the Ijtima' of men and women, therefore mong those who pray.Al-Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) also necessitates the Ijtima' of men and women without separating the rows, therefore there were special Ahkam for Hajj; which are known for men and women.Accomplishing medical treatment and nursing necessitates -in some cases- the Ijtima' of men and women, therefore they have a special Hukm which allows seeing the place of illness even tom the private parts. And so on...2. Teaching driving necessitates the presence of men and women for learning -if it is not possible to have women teachers for women, and men teachers for men- therefore this case has its own Ahkam.

By examining the reality of teaching driving, the following is manifested:The actuality of teaching driving in the car is limited to the teacher andor is restricted to them, and not like the mosque or general lecture, whermen, therefore evidences came to separate the rows without considering Khuwo: the driving teacher and the one who wants to learn, therefore the probnce of Khultah (social intercourse), because of meeting and talking duringhing driving, and that is done by a Mahram because Rasulallah (saw) said:

 "A man is not allowed to sit in Khulwah with a woman, without a Mahram" reported by Muslim. Therefore the duty is the presence of the husband of the learner or her Mahram during riding the car to learn driving. All of that if it was not possible to find a woman teacher to teach driving for women, if that was not possible, then what we mentioned above should be followed.

The Conclusion: A woman is allowed to ride the car of teaching driving with the driving teacher, but her husband or a Mahram for her should be in the car with her. If the Mshe will commit a sin, also the driving teacher who teaches her commits a sin, without the presence of a Mahram or her husband.Drawing the attention that the women in public life, in all cases, must cover her private parts with the Shar'i dress, which is the gown (jilbab) and khimar according to the bounds of Shari'ah.