Is it allowed to adress father-in-law or mother-in-law as father or mother?
Question
Is it allowed to adress father-in-law or mother-in-law as father or mother? If not, then how should it be according to Shari'ah?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Shariah advises us to be kind and considerate to our in-laws.
One may refer and call his father-in-law and mother-in-law, father and mother out of respect and kindness.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
فتوی: 906/ ج= 906/ ج
ساس اور سسر ماں، باپ کے درجے میں ہوتے ہیں، ان کے حقوق وہی ہیں جو ماں باپ کے ہیں اس لیے ان کے ادب و احترام میں انھیں ساس اور سسر کے بجائے امی اور ابو وغیرہ کہہ سکتے ہیں، جائز ہے۔
واللہ تعالیٰ اعلم
دارالافتاء،
دارالعلوم دیوبند
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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