Is it permissible for a man to learn Quranic recitations from a woman who is not a محرم (a close relative whom he is forbidden to marry), and is he obligated to joke with her if she is very old?
Learning the recitations requires significant effort and a long time, and it may lead to unlawful seclusion (). Therefore, a man should receive knowledge from men as long as they are available. If that is not possible, then there is no harm in learning from a woman, provided that Islamic regulations are observed, such as avoiding seclusion, and not speaking in a soft or alluring manner. Indeed, the Companions used to receive knowledge from female Companions and the Mothers of the Believers. As for joking with a non- woman, it is impermissible, and it is not permissible to speak with her except out of necessity, limiting the conversation to the extent of that necessity, and without speaking in a soft or alluring manner, even if she is elderly.
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