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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.

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 […]

Yes,she can as he is her mahram.

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

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 […]

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

(I heard it can be found in ‘ziwaaj’ (Sunan, Book of marriage): To the nearest meaning, “If you intermarry generation after generation, & your children are born with diseases & disabilities, may be it is better that you avoid marrying your first cousin” …………………………………………………………………….. This is not authentic

Yes, he is.

They are total strangers to you.

You should keep on reminding him and warning him that Allah will punish him.