Marriage · Subtopic
Whom One May Marry
861 fatawa from 9 South African Darul Iftas on Whom One May Marry, part of Marriage. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
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Whom One May Marry fatawa — page 16 of 22
- Mufti Online2 Aug 2015
Going for Hajj with one's brother in-law
Can I (unmarried female) go for Umrah or Haj with my mother, brother in-law and my sister?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online26 May 2015
What is a qareeb
1. What is classed as a qareeb? قال قوم : هي قرابة كل ذي رحم محرم وقال آخرون . كل قريب محرما كان أو غيره 2. Is the husbands brothers wife a qareeb?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online20 May 2015
Foster relationship
Please explain the issue of milk kinship in Islam. Also explain the fiqh and virtues.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 May 2015
Marrying a revert
Can I marry a hindu low caste girl if she accepts islam on her free own will?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online13 May 2015
Grandparents brothers and sisters
Are the brothers and sisters of one's grandparents mahrams or not?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online3 May 2015
Travelling without a mahram
I am an unmarried working woman and my questions are: 1. Can I travel with a non mehram senior colleague through plane from Lahore to Karachi? 2.…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Apr 2015
Marrying a girl who is willing to accept Islam
Can I marry a Hindu low caste girl if she on her own freewill accepts Islam?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Apr 2015
Going to non-Muslim countries
I was told that if you and your spouse are in a non-Muslim /Dar ul Harb country and you go to Dar ul Islam (or vice versa) for a visit, your Nikaah…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Mar 2015
Observing purdah from na mahrams
1. My mahram doesn't wear a hijaab and when she comes to stay at our home, my male relative (she is also his mahram) brings her to and fro from her…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online21 Mar 2015
Getting married to the person one committed zina with
I was recently asked an important question which I didn't have an answer for it. The question is: if a lady committed a zina and she got a pregnant…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Mar 2015
Son in-law
Does a son-in-law become a mehram to his mother-in-law?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online18 Mar 2015
Women travelling without a mahram
What is the Shar'ee ruling in regard to women travelling for long distances alone?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online17 Mar 2015
Non-Muslim son in-law
Is it permissable for a woman's non-Muslim son-in-law to see her without hijaab?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam14 Mar 2015
Please clarify if I am my step daughters mahram .I am married to their mom and there biological dad is alive
Please clarify if i am my step daughters mahram .i am married to there mom and there bilogical dad is alive.
Saleem Khan - Mufti Online12 Mar 2015
Marrying a pregnant woman who conceived out of wedlock
Is it permissible to marry a woman if she is pregnant out of wedlock before the baby is born?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online11 Mar 2015
Greeting non-mahrams
When a non-Mahram comes to my house accompanied by a Mahram, I shouldn't go and greet them right? Like two of my female cousins and my aunt. I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online11 Mar 2015
Marrying a Barelwi or Ahle Hadith
Can I marry a girl associated with the Barelwi Jamaat or the Ahle Hadith Jammat?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Mar 2015
Kissing one's daughter
One day I was caressing my daughter (about 4 years old). Suddenly I felt little lust. Quickly I stopped caressing her and took her off. After this…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam5 Mar 2015
If a married woman hugs a non-mahram does her nikah break?
During Eid and Other ocassions when families n relatives get together, it has become very common habit of Males hugging and Shaking hands with their…
Sohail ibn Arif - Ask Imaam27 Feb 2015
Nikāh with Non-Muslim Witnesses
At the time of Ijaab and Qabool of a marriage in a marriage registration office, if there are only two non muslim witteneses will the marriage be…
Abdullah Ghadai - Mufti Online25 Feb 2015
Woman travelling with her father in-law
Is it permissible for a lady to travel with her father in law alone, or with a small baby, for a short distance (not musaafir)? What about for…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Feb 2015
Reconciling after one talaaq
I would like to know if you have given one talaaq and the iddat period has passed, can the man and woman still reconcile and if so what must they do?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online11 Feb 2015
Illicit behaviour
If a man keeps bad faith for his sister in law although, he did not practically commit anything, but shows his interest in her verbally while…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online9 Feb 2015
Touching one's mother in-law with lust
An accident occurred in bus journey some years ago, that is: my mother in law's seat was beside my seat. She was feeling ill because of some illness…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online2 Feb 2015
Breastfeeding one's step son
I have a question about my step son. What does Islam say about breastfeeding a step son (he is my husband's son, his mother has left this child in…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam1 Feb 2015
Is my secret nikaah with a cousin via telephone valid?
I did a secret nikkah with my cousin on telephone. He lives in another city. At that time he went to two of his friends and asked them to be the…
Muhammad Haris Siddiqui - Mufti Online29 Jan 2015
Marrying one's cousin
Is it allowed to get married to your father's brother's daughter? They are first cousins. Paternal cousins.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Jan 2015
Marrying one's cousin
I have two uncles. My grandmother has breastfed my elder uncle's first child. Now my parents want me to marry younger uncle's daughter. So, is it…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Jan 2015
Can a cousin be a mahram?
Please clarify regarding who can be a mahram. 1. Can a cousin, son of fathers brother be a mahram to his cousin? 2. Can a cousin, son of mother's…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Jan 2015
Zina with one's aunt
I am 25 years old. I have made zina more than one time with my auntie (Mehram). I also drank her milk during intercourse. Later on we both stoped…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online7 Jan 2015
Muslim woman marrying a kaafir
Does a woman become a kaafir if she gets married to or has a relationship with a catholic?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Jan 2015
Breastfeeding
How many times should breastfeeding take place in order for foster relationship to be established?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Jan 2015
Hurmat-e-musaaharah
I wanted to clarify something. I know that by touching a female with lust, the ruling of musahara applies. This is also the case if touching through…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online29 Dec 2014
Being in contact with a na mahram woman
Is it permissible for a married molvi to touch another woman who he is in love with but will not marry because for him its not a big deal to touch a…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Dec 2014
Drinking from one's brother in-laws's utensil
1. If a brother in law drinks from a utensil, can his sister in law drink after him or does his wife have to drink first or vice versa? 2. Can a…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Dec 2014
Does a girl have to make purda from a step father?
A woman has a daughter 0f 14 years age from her first husband and divorced. She is married again to another person. Will the daughter be Mahram to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Dec 2014
Marrying one's niece
I am a Muslim boy and I want to marry my sister's daughter. Is this halaal or haraam? Please tell me the answer in the light of Qur'an and Hadith.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam27 Nov 2014
Can a woman travel without a Mahram?
Since a woman cannot travel with a mahram, what about there is no mahram when she needs to travel. Not only travel, she wants to do normal tour but…
Arshad Ali - Ask Imaam8 Nov 2014
Am I allowed to get married to my cousin in Islam?
i'm to get married to my father's sister's son...can i know whether this is allowed in islam?because in the verse numbers 23 & 24 of sura An Nisa…
AbdulMannan Nizami - Mufti Online27 Oct 2014
Is the granddaughter's husband a mahram?
I would like to know if the grand daughters husband and the nieces husband become mahram.
Mufti Zakaria Makada
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