Is rescuing a woman from the danger of death considered forbidden for her?
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Question:
We heard that if a man rescues a woman from certain death in a pond, in water, or in an accident, she becomes his sister and he greets her. Does this have any basis?
Answer:
Answer: First, certain death must occur and cannot be averted; rather, one rescues her from the danger of death. This carries reward and merit, and it is obligatory to rescue a Muslim from danger. This is an obligation on whoever is able to do so. However, their claim that a man who rescues a woman from certain danger becomes forbidden to her is a superstition and something circulated among the common people. He does not become forbidden to her; he only becomes forbidden to her through kinship or in-laws. Merely rescuing her from danger does not make him forbidden to her. But he is a doer of good and has his reward for that, and she is a non-mahram to him, so she must observe hijab in his presence.
We heard that if a man rescues a woman from certain death in a pond, in water, or in an accident, she becomes his sister and he greets her. Does this have any basis?
Answer:
Answer: First, certain death must occur and cannot be averted; rather, one rescues her from the danger of death. This carries reward and merit, and it is obligatory to rescue a Muslim from danger. This is an obligation on whoever is able to do so. However, their claim that a man who rescues a woman from certain danger becomes forbidden to her is a superstition and something circulated among the common people. He does not become forbidden to her; he only becomes forbidden to her through kinship or in-laws. Merely rescuing her from danger does not make him forbidden to her. But he is a doer of good and has his reward for that, and she is a non-mahram to him, so she must observe hijab in his presence.
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