I want to ask: is it permissible for a father to hug or embrace his daughter who has reached the age of twenty-three years. What I mean by embracing and hugging is not sitting in his lap?
🌴Praise be to Allah Almighty. *The ISLAMIC Q&A* *____________________* ```Very Important``` *QUESTION 55* *I want to ask: is it permissible for a father to hug or embrace his daughter who has reached the age of twenty-three years. What I mean by embracing and hugging is not sitting in his lap.* *I swear by Allah that I did not remember my father ever hugging me and I am in a psychological state that no one knows except Allah.* *ANSWER 55:* *For a man to embrace and hug his daughter, or kiss her on the head or cheek or between the eyes by way of showing compassion, kindness and love is permissible, even if she is an adult, on condition that there be no fear of fitnah or provocation of desire. Excluded from that is kissing on the mouth, which is only for spouses, and which usually provokes desire.* *Imam Ahmad (may Allah ...