What is the ruling on a young man staying in the home of his maternal aunt who lives with her husband and adult son?
There is no legal impediment, from a perspective, to visiting relatives such as the maternal aunt's home, provided that one adheres to the Islamic etiquettes and rulings. It should be known that the maternal aunt's daughters are non- women (strangers to whom marriage is permissible), and it is forbidden to be alone with them or to gaze at them, based on the Almighty's saying: "Tell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts," and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "No man is to be in seclusion with a woman unless there is a mahram with her." If the maternal aunt's daughters are mahram through suckling, then they are like sisters. As for the maternal aunt herself, she is always a mahram, based on the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, saying: "The maternal aunt is like a mother."
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