about what occurs between some mahrams (forbidden relatives) of the prohibited acts, and what is the limit of hijab for the Muslim woman with the disbelieving woman?
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The questioner: ... does the ruling of non-mahrams apply to them regarding shaking hands?
The Shaykh: This is the original ruling, unless there is something suspicious regarding the elder and you are descending; because this system is applied even to Muslim mahrams, is this clear?
The questioner: ...clear.
The Shaykh : It is this.
The questioner: ... I did not understand you.
The Shaykh: Do you not know of incidents that occurred between a brother and his sister?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: The original ruling is that this is forbidden for her, but if there is fog in the atmosphere, then the ruling of mahram status is suspended.
The questioner: Yes, regarding their current situation, I mean?
The Shaykh: I am not saying the same thing.
The questioner: What is their situation?
Another questioner : Yes?
The questioner: What is their situation?
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: He knows.
Another questioner : ... .
The questioner: What, from my side, I mean?
Another questioner: Yes, clarify it for him ... .
The questioner: I mean now - for example - ... my sister - for example - wants to shake hands now with her father, shake hands with her mother; she appears in her adornment before her mother and her sisters, this is the ruling, I mean.
Another questioner: Of course, the first part is not clear ... .
The questioner: What is not clear?
Another questioner: I know that it is not permissible to expose oneself to them and so on, and to shake hands with them.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner: He says that it is not permissible to expose oneself to them and it is not permissible to shake hands with them ... .
The Shaykh: Who is it, upon whom is it not permissible?
The questioner: The women who are Christian, I mean ... .
The Shaykh: The issue - may Allah bless you - is not a general issue; what you know is a general issue; meaning the Muslim woman before the non-Muslim woman, whether she is Christian or Jewish or Buddhist, she is non-Muslim, so it is not permissible for her to show anything before that non-Muslim woman except her face and her two hands, so the disbelieving woman is treated like a man regarding the Muslim woman, this is the general principle, now here is a specific issue, so your mother regarding her sister who will become your wife - if Allah wills - will be a protection for her, do you see? Also your sister will be regarding, excuse me, her sister will not be.
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: They will not be mahrams.
The questioner: Her father.
The Shaykh : His father.
The questioner : His father.
The Shaykh: Her father will be what? Regarding her, a mahram; so is it permissible for her to shake hands with him? Is it permissible for her to appear before him as she appears before her brother and her father? This is the issue, so I answered that this is the original ruling; because the verse is absolute:[An-Nur 24:31] and so on, this is the original ruling, is it clear to you up to here?
This original ruling may be surrounded by what forces the Muslim scholar to suspend it, meaning to temporarily disable it, we gave an example earlier when Abu Abdullah asked: Have you not heard of some very reprehensible incidents that the brother did to his sister? A Muslim brother did to his Muslim sister!! Of course, this happened more than once, unfortunately, so my answer to the brother was to facilitate that the ruling here is like the ruling between Muslims themselves as a general principle, unless perhaps ... unless there is fog in the atmosphere, I mean that it appears - for example - from the one who is a mahram for this wife something of moral deviation, especially since these are non-Muslims, they do not forbid and they do not permit, they do not have the things that exist with Muslims, so as long as there is nothing in the atmosphere, she treats her father as if he were a Muslim, unless something suspicious is found, is the issue clear to you now? Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh: This is the original ruling, unless there is something suspicious regarding the elder and you are descending; because this system is applied even to Muslim mahrams, is this clear?
The questioner: ...clear.
The Shaykh : It is this.
The questioner: ... I did not understand you.
The Shaykh: Do you not know of incidents that occurred between a brother and his sister?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: The original ruling is that this is forbidden for her, but if there is fog in the atmosphere, then the ruling of mahram status is suspended.
The questioner: Yes, regarding their current situation, I mean?
The Shaykh: I am not saying the same thing.
The questioner: What is their situation?
Another questioner : Yes?
The questioner: What is their situation?
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: He knows.
Another questioner : ... .
The questioner: What, from my side, I mean?
Another questioner: Yes, clarify it for him ... .
The questioner: I mean now - for example - ... my sister - for example - wants to shake hands now with her father, shake hands with her mother; she appears in her adornment before her mother and her sisters, this is the ruling, I mean.
Another questioner: Of course, the first part is not clear ... .
The questioner: What is not clear?
Another questioner: I know that it is not permissible to expose oneself to them and so on, and to shake hands with them.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner: He says that it is not permissible to expose oneself to them and it is not permissible to shake hands with them ... .
The Shaykh: Who is it, upon whom is it not permissible?
The questioner: The women who are Christian, I mean ... .
The Shaykh: The issue - may Allah bless you - is not a general issue; what you know is a general issue; meaning the Muslim woman before the non-Muslim woman, whether she is Christian or Jewish or Buddhist, she is non-Muslim, so it is not permissible for her to show anything before that non-Muslim woman except her face and her two hands, so the disbelieving woman is treated like a man regarding the Muslim woman, this is the general principle, now here is a specific issue, so your mother regarding her sister who will become your wife - if Allah wills - will be a protection for her, do you see? Also your sister will be regarding, excuse me, her sister will not be.
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: They will not be mahrams.
The questioner: Her father.
The Shaykh : His father.
The questioner : His father.
The Shaykh: Her father will be what? Regarding her, a mahram; so is it permissible for her to shake hands with him? Is it permissible for her to appear before him as she appears before her brother and her father? This is the issue, so I answered that this is the original ruling; because the verse is absolute:
not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers
وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّor their sons
أَوْ أَبْنَائِهِنَّThis original ruling may be surrounded by what forces the Muslim scholar to suspend it, meaning to temporarily disable it, we gave an example earlier when Abu Abdullah asked: Have you not heard of some very reprehensible incidents that the brother did to his sister? A Muslim brother did to his Muslim sister!! Of course, this happened more than once, unfortunately, so my answer to the brother was to facilitate that the ruling here is like the ruling between Muslims themselves as a general principle, unless perhaps ... unless there is fog in the atmosphere, I mean that it appears - for example - from the one who is a mahram for this wife something of moral deviation, especially since these are non-Muslims, they do not forbid and they do not permit, they do not have the things that exist with Muslims, so as long as there is nothing in the atmosphere, she treats her father as if he were a Muslim, unless something suspicious is found, is the issue clear to you now? Praise be to Allah.
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