Chapter on a Woman Performing Hajj Without a Mahram or Guardian

Al-Bazanti narrated from Safwan al-Jammal, who said: I said to Abu Abdullah عليه السلام: "You know my profession. A woman comes to me, and I know her to be Muslim, to love you, and to hold your guardianship (wilayah), but she has no mahram (close male relative)." Imam عليه السلام said: "If a Muslim woman comes, then take her, for a believer is a mahram for a believing woman." He then recited the verse: 'And the believing men and believing women are allies of one another.' (Surah At-Tawbah 9:71).