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What is the ruling regarding a father staying in his son's home with his son's wife while the son is out for work, given that the father has a history of "harassing female domestic workers" and there is currently no female domestic worker in the house?

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The husband's father is considered a mahram, before whom the wife may display her adornments and with whom she may be in seclusion, provided there is no fear of temptation. However, if there is any suspicion of impropriety from him, then it is not permissible for her to display her adornments before him or to be in seclusion with him; rather, he should be treated as a non-mahram.

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