• A woman may live alone subject to the condition that she is trustworthy and is not a woman of dubious character. • A woman is not allowed to travel without a Mahram because travel Because there is a Hadith that clearly prohibits it, and because it involves hardship and exhaustion, and because of her weakness a woman needs someone to help her and stay by her side. • It is not correct to compare travel to a woman staying alone in a house in her own land, because there are more dangers in the place that a woman travels to.

Although the chest is not part of the ‘awrah for men, uncovering it is still an action that is not appropriate for a man and is one of the actions of the immoral.