A Stepfather Remaining A Mahram After Divorce
Question
Please advise what the masaail are regarding ones step children.
After divorce , does the father still remain mahram to the step daughter or does it fall away?
Answer
The Fuqaha have stated that by virtue of a marriage which is followed with intercourse, the children of the wife from a previous marriage become Haraam upon the husband. This impermissibility of not being able to marry the wife’s children (from a previous marriage) remains forever, even though the couple (husband and wife) may be divorced.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
فتاوى خليلية ج ١ ص ٣٣٥ طبع سهارنبور ( وَلَا بِبِنْتِ امْرَأَتِهِ الَّتِي دَخَلَ بِأُمِّهَا سَوَاءٌ كَانَتْ فِي حِجْرِهِ أَوْ حِجْرِ غَيْرِهِ ) وَكَذَلِكَ بِنْتُ الرَّبِيبَةِ وَأَوْلَادُهَا وَإِنْ سَفَلْنَ
قدوري ص ٥٧١
- Approved by
- Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B.
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