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    Question ID: 16659Country: Pakistan

    Title: MY MOTHER DIED LONG AGO AND I'VE BEEN BROUGHT UP BY MY PATERNAL UNCLE AND AUNT. IS MY FOSTER MOTHER NOW A MAHREM FOR ME??

    Question: MY MOTHER DIED LONG AGO AND I'VE BEEN BROUGHT UP BY MY PATERNAL UNCLE AND AUNT. IS MY FOSTER MOTHER NOW A MAHREM FOR ME??

    Answer ID: 16659

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 1623/1288/L=1430)

     

    If your aunt did not breastfeed you in your infancy, she is not mahram for you; rather you have to observe purdah with her.

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India