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




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