MY MOTHER DIED LONG AGO AND I’VE BEEN BROUGHT UP BY MY PATERNAL UNCLE AND AUNT. IS MY FOSTER MOTHER NOW A MAHREM FOR ME??
Answer:
(Fatwa: 1623/1288/L=1430)
If your aunt did not breastfeed you in your infancy, she is not mahram for you; rather you have to observe purdah with her.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband