Ref: haz002/07
March 2007
Q: Can a Muslim Woman receive a massage from a non-Muslim woman whilst parts of her body are exposed?.Which parts could be exposed and which could not?
A:
It is not permissible for a Muslim woman to receive a massage from a non-Muslim woman whilst parts of her body are exposed.A Muslim woman is not permitted to expose any part of her body to non-Muslim women except her face, hands until her wrists and her feet until her ankles.
Mufti Shafiq Jakhura
Iftaa Department, Darul Ihsan Islamic Services Centre
I concur with the answer:
Mufti Zubair Bayat
Ameer, Darul Ihsan Islamic Services Centre