Is it permissible for an elderly aunt, aged 63, to wear short-sleeved clothes and remove her hijab in a house she shares with her sister and her sister's husband due to feeling extreme heat?
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It is not permissible for your aunt to wear such clothing in front of her sister's husband because he is a non- to her. The legal dispensation for an elderly woman is to lay aside her outer garments, not to expose her 'awrah, such as her hair. Islamic law permits her to uncover her face and hands, but modesty is better for her. If she feels intense heat, she should wear light, modest clothing that is neither transparent nor revealing.
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