Sibling relationships in your culture.

[shaasavera]

Re: Sibling relationships in your culture.

@Mezhgan

I’m not absolutely certain about this but this is what I’ve observed in other cultures and have heard from a couple of imams.

Borther-in-laws/sister-in-law’s are not mehrams and you do have to do pardah in front of them. Brother-in-laws are not mehrams because, if your husband were to pass away, it is permissible to marry his brother.

The imam at our mosque mentioned that the view of seeing siblings’ spouses as mehrams is a cultural view, most common in South Asia, influenced by the fact that joint families are the norm there. The imam at our old mosque also said the same thing.

What is view in Afghani culture of calling older strangers sister or brother as form of respect? How are those bonds seen in long term? @Mezghan