Assalaamu alaikum Tony and all else following the series, Alhamdulillah and below is the ruling of Imaam Malik (raheemahullah) on the issue extracted from Muwatta ( the hadith collection which has a lot of fiqh positions of our great Imaam). From Muwatta: Section: The Hajj of a Woman without a Mahram Book 20, Number 20.77.263: Malik said, concerning a woman who had never been on hajj, "If she doesn't have a mahram, or if she has, but he cannot come with her, she does not abandon Allah's making of the hajj obligatory for her. Let her go in a group of women." Allahumma salli wasallim ala Nabiyyina Muhammad. Wasalaam. Modou Mbye ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------