My mother asked me to take her to the airport so she can travel for a wedding without a mahram, and I can't travel with her because I have work, I am a young man.

So I refused to take her to the airport, was what I did correct? And if yes, should I tell her, "Go and come back safely"?

And if she returns from her trip, inshaAllah, should I pick her up from the airport.

Yes, here is the issue: some people.

For example, he tells his mother, sister, wife, daughter, aunt, or maternal aunt, whoever she is.

Okay, it is not allowed for you to travel without a mahram, and then he doesn't go to take her, that's not right.

She needs to travel, even if it's to attend a wedding, visit relatives, or buy some things—any kind of travel, as long as it's permissible.

So, we as men must make time for our female relatives.

That means travel with them. If you say you can't travel, I don't know your circumstances, but arrange things—even if you take unpaid leave, what's the problem?

Especially if it's just for a wedding, it's just a day or two at most, or take unpaid leave and travel with my mother.

For example, or with my sister, my wife, my daughter, my aunt, my maternal aunt, or my niece, and not let her go alone.

Or the mahrams themselves can gather together.

They say, come, each one takes a turn to travel with her.

Come, our mother is traveling, who will go with her? Her brother, her son, her uncle, her maternal uncle, her nephew, her niece's son, her grandson, her daughter's husband, the important thing is.

The mahrams themselves gather and each time one goes.

Even if they chip in, for example, for a ticket, each one pays something for the ticket and expenses. The important thing is that we don't just say it's haram.

And stay silent, no, we must open the door to what is halal.

Meaning, we only give a solution by closing doors without finding solutions, no, we must find a solution.

We find a solution, and sometimes, unfortunately, some women travel under the pretext that no one is available for them, while in fact, she never even told them.

She doesn't tell her mahrams, she doesn't say "take me, bring me," and so on. She just bought a ticket and traveled alone. This is not allowed, it's haram.

So the problem is from both sides, from women who travel without informing.

Or asking their mahrams, and also negligence from the men.

Who do not pay attention when their mahrams need to travel and such.

Some people only ever travel with their wife, but what about their sisters?

Or he forgets his paternal aunts, maternal aunts, nieces from his brother or sister, if his brother has passed away, for example, or.

He cannot travel, for any reason.

He neglects his mother, neglects his grandmother, neglects. All of us must have a broader perspective than just our small household—me, my wife, and my children.

My maternal aunts must be included, my paternal aunts must be included, my nieces from my sister, my nieces from my brother—these people have rights over you, these are your mahram.

There are rights they have over you.