Calling one's wife "my mother" or "my sister"
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The questioner:
The question is about my wife, my mother, and my sister. He means the wife; he calls her "my mother," he calls her "my sister," and he calls her "my wife." He means the wife; it is all for the wife, not...
The Shaykh:
Are you the writer?
The questioner:
These doctors, it is not easy.
The Shaykh:
And what is the matter with him? Do you know what is in his heart? I fear for you and for him.
The questioner:
If he doubts whether it fell.
The Shaykh:
If that is his intention, it is not permissible for him to call her "my mother," and it is not permissible for him to call her "my wife's mother."
The questioner:
Good deeds.
The Shaykh:
It is not proper etiquette to say "my sister" unless he says "my sister in Allah," adding to that, just as Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said about Sarah, "You are my sister in Allah." Yes. If he intends that, there is no harm. Yes.
The question is about my wife, my mother, and my sister. He means the wife; he calls her "my mother," he calls her "my sister," and he calls her "my wife." He means the wife; it is all for the wife, not...
The Shaykh:
Are you the writer?
The questioner:
These doctors, it is not easy.
The Shaykh:
And what is the matter with him? Do you know what is in his heart? I fear for you and for him.
The questioner:
If he doubts whether it fell.
The Shaykh:
If that is his intention, it is not permissible for him to call her "my mother," and it is not permissible for him to call her "my wife's mother."
The questioner:
Good deeds.
The Shaykh:
It is not proper etiquette to say "my sister" unless he says "my sister in Allah," adding to that, just as Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said about Sarah, "You are my sister in Allah." Yes. If he intends that, there is no harm. Yes.
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 9 — archive.org (15:41)
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