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Handshake and Kissing the Wife of One's Father-in-Law
A lady who is sixty-five years old, her husband has passed away, and she is now in her waiting period. Her father-in-law's children usually shake hands with her and kiss her. Is this permissible?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: Her stepchildren are not considered mahrams to her, so it is not permissible to shake hands with them unless they are among the elderly women, and usually at this age a woman does not reach the status of being among the elderly women. And God knows best.
