Relatives Looking at the 'Awrah of an Unconscious Woman
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If a woman has lost consciousness due to old age, is it permissible for her relatives to look at her 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered) to clean and wash her?
Answer:
One person should take charge of this for a woman; it should be a woman who takes charge of this matter. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If a woman has lost consciousness due to old age, is it permissible for her relatives to look at her 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered) to clean and wash her?
Answer:
One person should take charge of this for a woman; it should be a woman who takes charge of this matter. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب خطبة المجبرة إلى وليها والرشيدة إلى نفسها — islamhouse.com (56:36)
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