It smells more than planned - it smells fishy. A woman is not permitted to make the Haj alone - she would have been stopped at the airport on arriving in Arabia.
Moslems are also discouraged from giving up their source of income to perform the Haj. One of the four required isteta'at for the Haj is that the pilgrims can support themselves before, during, and after the Haj.
22 posted on 03/22/2011 9:56:59 PM PDT by John Locke