Kissing the heads of elderly women and shaking hands with them
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I was raised in my maternal uncle’s wife’s house when I was young, and I kiss her head, and she is about seventy years old. His question is: Is it permissible to kiss the heads of elderly women and shake hands with them?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to shake hands with them, even if they are advanced in age, except for mahram relatives, in which case there is no harm. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I was raised in my maternal uncle’s wife’s house when I was young, and I kiss her head, and she is about seventy years old. His question is: Is it permissible to kiss the heads of elderly women and shake hands with them?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to shake hands with them, even if they are advanced in age, except for mahram relatives, in which case there is no harm. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 04-11-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (1:11:36)
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