Badr-uṭ-Ṭarīqaĥ, ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Muftī Muhammad Amjad ‘Alī A’ẓamī عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی says: He is allowed to look at the head, chest, shin, arm, wrist, neck, and foot of Maḥārim female relatives as long as there is no risk of lust for both. It is not permissible to look at the stomach, back and thigh of any of these women. Likewise, it is not permissible to look at their sides and knees. (This rule applies when these parts are not covered by clothing, but if a thick cloth covers these areas then there is no harm in looking at them). It is permissible to look at their ears, necks, shoulders and faces.

‘Maḥārim relatives’ are those women that a man is never allowed to marry (i.e. Nikah with them is Ḥarām forever). No matter whether the Ḥurmat [prohibition] is due to a blood-relation or any other reason such as relation formed on the basis of Raḍā’at^[1] or Muṣāĥarat. If prohibition on marriage is established by means of fornication, then the same rule as stated above applies regarding the fornicating man looking at the fornicating woman’s mothers (mother, maternal grandmother, maternal great grandmother etc.) and her daughters (daughter, granddaughter, great granddaughter etc.).

(Ibid, pp. 87, 88)

A man massaging his mother’s feet

Question: Is an Islamic brother permitted to kiss or massage his mother’s hands or feet?

Answer: It is allowed if neither of them experiences any lust. In fact, for Islamic brothers this is beneficial in both worlds. It is narrated: If someone kissed his mother’s feet, then it is as if he kissed the door of Paradise. (Durr-e-Mukhtār, vol. 9, pp. 606)