Her mother cannot serve herself, and she has no one to serve her other than him; should he take charge of serving her?
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Fatwa number ( 16217 )
Q: I have a loving, great mother who sacrificed for my sake. She did not remarry after my father’s death; she stayed home to raise me for 23 years without marrying, and I was her only child. She is now ill and unable to move, and she needs someone to attend to her needs. I have no female relatives other than my maternal aunt, who lives far from me. I was not married, so I am the one who attends to her, meets her needs, washes her, rinses her, feeds her, and gives her drink. When I asked the scholars at al-Azhar, they told me: It is not permissible for you to wash her or rinse her, for it is not permissible
for you to look at your mother’s awrah (the part of the body that must be covered). There is no woman to support my mother other than my aunt, who comes once a week. What should I do? Should I listen to them or continue with this? Some of my dear friends told me: Send a message to Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Baz , and they gave me the address. I hope you will send me what I should do in this problem: should I continue caring for my mother, or should I leave this matter? If I leave it, who will do it? There is no one. I am unable to marry in these circumstances, and if I did marry, the wife would not do this work, and her family would not agree to their daughter doing this work. I proposed to a girl for marriage, but her family refused the marriage and said: You want a worker, not a wife. What should I do, may Allah have mercy on you?
A: There is no blame on you for looking at your mother’s body other than her awrah (the part of the body that must be covered). As for the awrah, you should place a barrier over it while cleaning her, and wear a barrier on your hand that prevents your hand from touching the awrah, and clean her from behind the barrier. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: I have a loving, great mother who sacrificed for my sake. She did not remarry after my father’s death; she stayed home to raise me for 23 years without marrying, and I was her only child. She is now ill and unable to move, and she needs someone to attend to her needs. I have no female relatives other than my maternal aunt, who lives far from me. I was not married, so I am the one who attends to her, meets her needs, washes her, rinses her, feeds her, and gives her drink. When I asked the scholars at al-Azhar, they told me: It is not permissible for you to wash her or rinse her, for it is not permissible
for you to look at your mother’s awrah (the part of the body that must be covered). There is no woman to support my mother other than my aunt, who comes once a week. What should I do? Should I listen to them or continue with this? Some of my dear friends told me: Send a message to Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Baz , and they gave me the address. I hope you will send me what I should do in this problem: should I continue caring for my mother, or should I leave this matter? If I leave it, who will do it? There is no one. I am unable to marry in these circumstances, and if I did marry, the wife would not do this work, and her family would not agree to their daughter doing this work. I proposed to a girl for marriage, but her family refused the marriage and said: You want a worker, not a wife. What should I do, may Allah have mercy on you?
A: There is no blame on you for looking at your mother’s body other than her awrah (the part of the body that must be covered). As for the awrah, you should place a barrier over it while cleaning her, and wear a barrier on your hand that prevents your hand from touching the awrah, and clean her from behind the barrier. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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