Male sleeping on the same bed with his mahram

Q: After you become baligh, are you allowed to sleep with women that are old on the same bed but different duvets or the same duvet?

A: This is not permissible. 

If the woman is not your mahram, then this is obviously haraam and if the woman is your mahram e.g. your mother or sister then too this is not permissible and is against the Islamic teachings. 

During one's sleep, one does not know what one is doing. Therefore, this type of situation is prohibited.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)