If they are alone in the room, this is not permissible whether she is praying or not. If they are not alone and there are others, this is permissible. She should try her best to be away from their eyes as much as possible

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There is a hadeeth that Sheikh Al Albani authenticated in the past and then reviewed it and finally said that it was not authentic.

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It is not permissible to shake hands with the opposite sex who are not Mahram to you even if they were too old.

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However, I recently found out that it is not permissible at all. I came to my home country to be with my family a few months back and now it’s time for me to go. I am in the last year of my PhD (I am writing up my research report)and I had signed a […]

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If he has reached the age of puberty, he can be your Mahram. Otherwise, he is not.

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Praise be to Allaah. It is permissible for a woman to take off her hijaab in front of her mahrams. A woman’s mahram is a person whom she is never permitted to marry because of their close blood relationship (such as her father, grandfather, great-grandfather, etc., and her son, grandson, great-grandson, etc., her paternal and […]

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A foster brother is not related to you and he is not Mahram to you and you can marry him.

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