Is it permissible for a group of women to travel from Pietermaritzburg to Durban without their mahrams to attend a hifz seminar?

Answer

It is haraam for women to attend any kind of seminar, even so-called hifz seminars even in the street where they live. It is a major sin for them to travel from Pietermaritzburg to Durban for such a seminar even with a mahram. The mahram is also sinful for taking the women out of the house to participate in a haraam function. The sin is of an aggravated nature if without a mahram.