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assalamu aliakum wa rahmatullohi wa barakatuh i have a Question insha Allah i was told that there is a hadith is sheikh Al-Albanees silsilatuh hadithu sahiha in one of his volumes there is a hadith that says "No women who believes in Allah and the Last Day will leave the house with out a mahram"  also the hadith that is in Bukhari where one of the khalifas banned the women from going to the friday Prayers, andthe sahabiyyats went to Aicha radiAllahu Anha and told her about it, and she said if Rasululloh salalahu alaihi wa sallam knew of the fitnah that is happening now, then he would have prohibited teh women from going to the masjid just like the jewish women were prohibited from going to their places of worship.  And the brother gives these two hadiths as proof that it is Haram! for the women to take EVEN ONE step out of her home without a Mahram Even if she has her husbands permission.  So even if the women wanted to go and learn Arabic or Islam if her Mahram does not take her then it is HARAM for her to GO and the only way she can leave without a mahram is if she is in dire need like she is about to DIE or her child is about to die and needs to go to the hospital!!!!   Also i have been told that because of the increase in fitnah in the USA  We have to take the Rules in Islam Harder then we would if we were in a safe Muslim country (and i dont think a Safe country exists now adays)  what do the scholars say about this? Have the past scholars such as Sheikh Albanee, Sheikh Ibn Baz, and others given fatawa on this issue before?  Your help Is NEEDED Right Away barakallahu feek Please send this question for a Scholar to answer Assalamu aliakum wa rahmatullohi wa Barakatuh