The ruling on whether a rescuer becomes a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to the woman he saved
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Question:
Another letter from the brother Abu 'Aayid. He says: If a man saves a woman from a confirmed fire, or a confirmed death, or an accident, does she become his sister, as this phrase has become widespread, where he greets her and her children?
Answer:
This is a false statement and a great error. If he saves her from a deadly situation, he does not become a mahram to her. Mahram status is established only through lineage or breastfeeding, not through rescuing someone from a deadly situation. However, he has done a good deed in saving her, and he has a reward for that, but he remains a stranger to her and does not become a mahram to her. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Another letter from the brother Abu 'Aayid. He says: If a man saves a woman from a confirmed fire, or a confirmed death, or an accident, does she become his sister, as this phrase has become widespread, where he greets her and her children?
Answer:
This is a false statement and a great error. If he saves her from a deadly situation, he does not become a mahram to her. Mahram status is established only through lineage or breastfeeding, not through rescuing someone from a deadly situation. However, he has done a good deed in saving her, and he has a reward for that, but he remains a stranger to her and does not become a mahram to her. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/215 — archive.org (9:04)
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