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.
By Darul Ifta
Whom One May Marry fatawa — page 4 of 22
- Ask Imaam29 Nov 2021
Is a child born out of wedlock a Mahram to the adulterer's daughters?
Assalamualaikum. Respected Mufti Saheb, A man is married, while being married, he has an affair with another married lady, a child is born, a boy.…
Hasan Ahmed Razzak - Mufti Online24 Nov 2021
Marrying a transgender
I have fallen in love and I'm in a relationship with a transgender woman. I haven't been more confortable and happy ever before. Can I marry her?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online21 Nov 2021
Breastfeeding after two years
If my niece (sister's daughter) drank my breast milk at the age of two years and two months, will my son's be considered as her milk brothers?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online17 Nov 2021
Purdah in a joint family
How should I treat my patrilateral cousins? We have a joint family system, so my cousins live in the same house as mine. Is it okay to not wear a…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam4 Nov 2021
The limit (حد) one can communicate with a Non-Mahram
I'm just wanted to know what is the Shariah masalah with regards to talking to Na Mahram's . Like what is the حد in this matter.
M. Akhtar - Mufti Online23 Oct 2021Roman Urdu
Na mahram mard aur aurat eik doosre ko salaam karna
Raste (road) me chalte huwe mard ko koi aurat salaam kare to uska jawab dena kya waajib hai?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online2 Oct 2021
Wishing for one's non-Muslim girlfriend to accept Islam
There is a Hindu girl that I like and I wish to marry her in the future (we both are 16 years old) as I don't want to have any haraam relationship…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online8 Sep 2021
The elder sister of the wife not being a mahram for the husband
I wanted to know if my wife's elder sister is a mahram to me and can she come in front of me or talk to me or we all family members can eat together…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Sep 2021
Muslim woman marrying a non-Muslim man in court
A Muslim woman married a non-Muslim. No nikaah took place, instead just a court marriage. The husband continues with his Hindu lifestyle and the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online29 Aug 2021
Marrying a Christian woman
We have a situation where a family member has married a Christian woman. He claims that she is a proper Christian therefore he made nikaah with her.…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online14 Aug 2021
Marrying a Catholic girl
I have question a regarding marriage. I have been in a relationship with a girl for 10 years and she is Catholic and a very good human being. I love…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville14 Jul 2021
Step Children Being A Mahram For Their Step Mother
A woman is divorced. The ex-husbands children she cannot marry. But do they fall under Mahram? Children are 13/13 years old, Baaligh. They stay with…
- Mufti Online4 Jul 2021
Hurmate-musaaharat being established between mother and son if the mother is divorced
Will hurmate-musaaharat be established between mother and son if the mother is divorced and married to some other person (who is not the father of…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online22 Jun 2021
Marrying a pregnant woman
1. If a female conceived a baby from her illegal relationship before nikaah and married the same male afterwards, will the nikaah be valid one? Does…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online13 Jun 2021
Children born with disabilities due to marrying in the family
In Islam, is cousin marriage allowed? Medical science says that cousin marriage is wrong because it causes disabled children. Yes, there are many…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Jun 2021Roman Urdu
Khandaan me shaadi karne se kiya bachche me genetic problems ho sakte hai?
Mera sawal hai ki science kehti hai ki agar cousin bhai behan shadi kare aur unke bacche ho aur wo bhi cousin marriage kare aur unke bacche ho aur…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam14 Mar 2021
Can I get married to my first cousin’s daughter?
I am interested in marrying my first cousin’s daughter. Is it permissible for me to marry her or is she my Mahram?
Mohamed Ebrahim bin Ismail Abdullah - Mufti Online7 Mar 2021
Hurmat-e-musaaharah between males
Does hurmat mushaharah become established if a person hugs his father but he has strange feelings in his private part. He was scared during the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online11 Feb 2021
Is a foster daughter a mahram for her foster uncle?
Is a woman's foster children (i.e. the children she breastfed) who are female mahram for her biological brother?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam4 Jan 2021
Mahram due to Breastfeeding
Dear Respected Mufti Sab and students, My uncle and aunt have 3 children – 2 sons (age 15 and 1.5 years) and a daughter (age 13 yrs) I would like to…
- Mufti Online27 Oct 2020
Purdah with non-mahram family men
I would like advice regarding the following matter: In our family, it is a norm that the women who are in parda don’t make parda from our family men…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online26 Oct 2020
Unknowingly touching one's step daughter with lust
If a father touches the bare skin of his step daughter with lust in the dark because he thought that it was his wife, but when he finds out that it…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Sep 2020
Hurmat-e-musaaharah
I have some questions about hurmat musaharah. 1. Is it established between a mother and daughter? 2. Is it established if one has wet dreams about…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online16 Sep 2020
Marrying a Shia
Can a Sunni (Hanafi) male make nikaah with a Shia Jafaria (Ayat Ullah Khumeni) female?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Sep 2020
Feeling lust after unintentionally looking at one's sons private part
If a woman unintentionally (accidentally) looks at the private part of her adult son without clothes by mistake and she lowers her gaze, but due to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Sep 2020
Muslim woman marrying a non-Muslim man
Can a Muslim woman marry a non-Muslim? In what condition can it be allowed?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Sep 2020Roman Urdu
Kisi mahram ke bare me bure khiyalaat aate ho
Hume kisi mahram ke bare me bure khiyalaat aate ho. Hum khud se nahi laate, naturally aate he aur control karne ki bohot koshish ki ho nahi hote ho.…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Sep 2020
Hurmat-e-musaaharah being established by looking at the private part of a woman
Does looking at the private parts of a woman also establish hurmat-e-musaaharah even if one does not touch the other person?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online29 Aug 2020
Marrying one's step-brother's daughter
It is permissible to marry one's step-brother's daughter?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Aug 2020
Legitimacy of children after hurmat-e-musaaharah
If hurmat-e-musaaharaah has been established and the talaaq has not taken place. Thereafter the children were born. What about the spouses…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online20 Aug 2020
Marrying a Shia
I am a Sunni Muslim girl and I got a marriage proposal from a Shia friend of mine. I wanted to know if I can marry him. Some of the things I would…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online18 Aug 2020
Hurmat-e-musaaharah if one did not get an erection
Does hurmat-e-musaaharah become established if a person does not get any movement/erection in his private part, but he is not sure if he gets any…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online8 Jul 2020
Age for hurmat-e-musaaharat to take place
What should be the age of a male and female for hurmat-e-musaaharat to take place?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam19 Apr 2020
Is the step-son a Mahram for his step-grandmother?
Asalaamu Alaikum Duas mufti saheb is well. Can mufti saheb please give me a ruling on this situation Ahmed married nadia Nadia has a son (azhar)…
- Mufti Online31 Mar 2020
Father looking at daughter's bare back or breast
If the father looks at the daughter's breast without any cloth or bra and stomach or back without any cloth, will hurmat-e-musaaharah become…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online14 Mar 2020
Marrying a prostitute
1. Is marrying an escort girl (prostitute) permissible if she is ready to quit that job forever? 2. Why Zina is haraam? I don’t find any thing which…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online6 Feb 2020
Do the sons from a previous marriage become mahram to the daughters of the second marriage?
In the Hanafi Madhab, a man has 2 sons and 1 daughter from his previous marriage. He divorces their mother and marries a woman which he then has 2…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online6 Feb 2020
Making arrangements for a woman to travel without a mahram
In todays times, women travel all over without a mahram. If I organise a lift for my sister, will I be sinful in doing so? She says that she always…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam4 Feb 2020
Would it be permissible for a married woman to travel with Ghair Mahram?
As-salaamualaikum Would it be permissible for a married woman who wants to visit her family, to travel with another family, male driver (ghair…
Akhyar Uddin - Mufti Online30 Jan 2020
Husband chatting with non-mahrams
I would like to know the ruling on my husband sitting and talking, discussing random topics with non-mahram women. According to him, he has no bad…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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