A daughter-in-law pressing and massaging her mother-in-law’s body

Question

A woman, owing to weakness from doing a great deal of housework, has constant pain throughout her body. This woman has a daughter-in-law as well as adult and minor sons. In this situation, may this woman’s adult sons massage oil and the like onto their mother’s back and lower back, and likewise onto her thigh and shin, or not?

Answer

It is easier (ahwan) for the daughter-in-law to perform this service: [ar]ينظر الرجل من الرجل سوى ما بين سرته إلى ما تحت ركبتيه، ومن محرمه إلى الرأس والوجه والصدر والساق والعضد إن أمن شهوته، لا إلى الظهر والبطن والفخذ، وما حل نظره حل لمسه[/ar] “A man may look at a man except for what is between his navel and below his knees, and at his mahram woman at the head, face, chest,…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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