Consider the equation G(x)=(y,) ̃ where the mapping G acts from a metric space X into a space Y, on which a distance is defined, y ̃ ∈ Y. The metric in X and the distance in Y can take on the value ∞, the distance satisfies only one property of a metric: the distance between y,z ∈Y is zero if and only if y= z. For mappings X → Y the notions of sets of covering, Lipschitz property, and closedness are defined. In these terms, the assertion is obtained about the stability in the metric space X of solutions of the considered equation to changes of the mapping G and the element y ̃. This assertion is applied to the study of the integral equation
f(t,∫_0^1▒K (t,s)x(s)ds,x(t))= y ̃(t),t ∈[0,1],
with respect to an unknown Lebesgue measurable function x: [0,1] ∈R. Sufficient conditions are obtained for the stability of solutions (in the space of measurable functions with the topology of uniform convergence) to changes of the functions f,K,(y.) ̃