Is it permissible for the wife to remain in the marital home alone with her husband’s elderly and ill father, in the event of the husband’s absence due to travel or joining the army, or is it incumbent upon her to go to her father’s house and frequent the marital home to care for her husband’s father? And is it true that she is not allowed to spend the night in the marital home in the presence of her husband’s father during the husband’s absence?
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The husband's father is a mahram to the wife, so it is permissible for her to be in seclusion with him and to display her adornment before him, as long as there is no suspicion. This is based on the Almighty's saying: "and the wives of your sons who are from your own loins." What she was told about it being impermissible for her to sleep in the house when her husband's father is present and the husband is absent is incorrect.
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