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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on a man washing a non-mahram woman when no women are present

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Question:
He asks: Is it permissible for a non-mahram man to wash a non-mahram woman if she dies and there is no woman available to wash her?

Answer:
It is not permissible for men to wash a woman, not even her father or her son, except her husband. Her husband may wash her; there is no disagreement on this. It is not permissible for a man to wash a woman other than his wife. If a woman dies among men and there are no women to wash her, she is placed in her clothes and water is poured over her while she is covered in her clothes. If they do not have water, they perform tayammum with dust: they strike their hands with the dust, then wipe her face and her palms. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1879] حكم غسل الرجل للمرأة الأجنبية عند عدم وجود النساء - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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