What is the ruling on a husband or wife addressing the parents of their spouse as "my father" and "my mother," given that some consider it a custom not intended to imply lineage but rather respect, while others view it as a violation of religious texts and the practice of the Salaf?
There is no objection to addressing the wife's father as "O my father" (ya abi) and her mother as "O my mother" (ya ummi), if the intention is respect and veneration, especially if this is common in the customs of some peoples.
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