Is mahram status established for one who rescues a girl from drowning?
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He also asks and says: There are among the common people those who believe that if a person rescues a boy or girl from drowning, she becomes his daughter and it is not permissible for him to marry her, and if it is a boy, he becomes his son. Please inform us of the correctness of this claim, may Allah reward you?
Answer: This is one of the superstitions of the common people. This and its like are among the superstitions and lies of the common people that they say without any proof. If a person rescues a girl from drowning, burning, or anything else, she does not become a mahram to him if she is a stranger, even if she is an adult. If a person rescues her from drowning, burning, or a collapse, he is doing a good deed and he has the reward of those who do good and the recompense of those who do good, but he does not become a mahram to her by doing so. Likewise, if he rescues a boy, he does not become his father or a mahram to him or to his wife, or the like of that. No, rather he remains in his original state: if he was a stranger, he is a stranger, and if he was a relative, he is a relative. The point is that rescuing a child, a girl, an adult, or an adult woman does not become a cause for mahram status.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Answer: This is one of the superstitions of the common people. This and its like are among the superstitions and lies of the common people that they say without any proof. If a person rescues a girl from drowning, burning, or anything else, she does not become a mahram to him if she is a stranger, even if she is an adult. If a person rescues her from drowning, burning, or a collapse, he is doing a good deed and he has the reward of those who do good and the recompense of those who do good, but he does not become a mahram to her by doing so. Likewise, if he rescues a boy, he does not become his father or a mahram to him or to his wife, or the like of that. No, rather he remains in his original state: if he was a stranger, he is a stranger, and if he was a relative, he is a relative. The point is that rescuing a child, a girl, an adult, or an adult woman does not become a cause for mahram status.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
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