Is it permissible to shake hands with the maternal aunts of one's mother and the daughter of one's grandfather's wife, knowing that one was ignorant of them being unmarriageable relatives (mahram)?
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It is forbidden to shake hands with the daughter of the grandfather's wife, because she is not a mahram to him; she is a stranger to him. As for the mother's paternal aunt (amma), she is in the position of a paternal aunt to the children, and it is permissible to shake hands with her because she is a mahram.
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