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 8 of 22
- Mufti Online23 Apr 2018
Is a step mothers brother a mahram?
Is the brother of my step mother a mahram for me?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Apr 2018
Touching one's mother while masturbating
When my friend was 14 or 15 year old, he intentionally touched his mother while masturbating but he is in doubt whether the lust was due to…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online21 Apr 2018
Getting married to a prostitute
I know a girl and I like her but she is a sex worker and I have done a niyyat that I want to take her out of that so is it allowed in Islam to marry…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online21 Apr 2018
Issuing talaaq to scare one's wife
I got married 2 years ago to my wife who since then has been living at home. A lot of arguments had started between the family’s which then caused a…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online17 Apr 2018
Feeling lust when being touched by one's mother
A few months ago after I had returned from a journey to my home, my mother touched me with her both hands on my face and she was crying as she…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online16 Apr 2018
Are cousins mahrams?
Are 1st cousins and all cousins known as non mahrams or mahrams? I have a feeling that they are non mahrams because anyone whom you can marry are…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online15 Apr 2018
Daughter seeing her father's private area in a video
I wanted to ask if a daughter or daughter in law saw their father or dather in laws inner part in a video which got viral on social media, does it…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Apr 2018
Wife and daughter travelling without a mahram for holiday
My wife and daughter (25 years old) want to go to visit Dubai from the UK. Is it permissible for them to travel together without a male.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Apr 2018
Foster relationship
After how many feedings will foster feeding be established?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Apr 2018
Marrying one's first cousin
I'm really worried and need advice on the matter of first cousin marriages. 1. What is the Islamic view on the matter? Should I be worried about the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Apr 2018
Touching one's brother's wife with lust
If one's husbands brother touch his brothers wife with lust or the wife touches her husbands brother with lust, does it affect the relationship…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Apr 2018
Marrying one's milk sibling
I want to marry my mother's sister's daughter. The problem is whenshe was born after 2days my mother gave her milk for 1 time . according to Islam…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Mar 2018
Does an adulteress have to marry an adulterer?
I love a Muslim girl and wanted to marry her but she commited zina previously with someone else and she repented for that sin. Her argument is that…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online26 Mar 2018
Marrying a divorced woman
I want to marry a divorced girl and she has one daughter also. After marriage her parents will adopt the kid. As per that girl, her family will not…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Mar 2018
Breastfeeding in front of one's mahrams
My sister in law, that means my husbands younger sister, when she feeds her son breast milk, she takes her breasts out and feeds her son in an open…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Mar 2018
Woman having no mahram to travel with
I am a woman who lives in Canada and I need to get my passport renewed in order to go to Turkey where the rest of my family has settled. I am not…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online21 Mar 2018
Is a man a mahram to his wife's daughters from another marriage after she passes away
My brother got married to a widow who has two daughters from her previous husband. Now his wife passed away and her daughters are still with my…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online12 Mar 2018
Mother marrying a man who committed zina with her daughter
I have done something terrible. I slept with my mother's husbend before they got married. I have not told her and they have been married for 4 years…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Mar 2018
The rights of a foster mother
Firstly, when a relation of a milk mother (foster mother) or "Razaat" is established through breastfeeding a child, is this status of a mother given…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online6 Mar 2018
Marrying one's foster sister's sisters and neices
I have a foster sister with whom I have shared milk from her mother. In my knowledge, she is like a sister to me and is mahram so I cannot marry…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Mar 2018
Marrying a Christian woman
I am from India, non-Islamic country. I love a Christian woman. She is chaste and religiously righteous (prays daily, neither eat pork nor do…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam28 Feb 2018
Gifts from non-mahrams.
Is it permissible to accept gifts from non~mahrams?
Huzaifah Deedat - Mufti Online28 Feb 2018
Marrying one's adopted child
If some family (husband and wife) adopt a girl 9 to 10 years of age from any centre, then when that girl reaches the age of maturity, if the man…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online28 Feb 2018
Doubts on hurmat-e-musaaharah
Does humeraat e musaahara happen with just a quick touch? I was taking my baby from my father in law and could have touched his hand or it was my…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online20 Feb 2018
Is the sister of one's step mother a mahram?
Is the sister of my step mother a mahram for me?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online17 Feb 2018
Is a son in law a mahram for his mother in law?
Please advise if a son in law can be a mahram for his mother in law in performing umrah.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam9 Feb 2018
Revert and non-Muslim wife
Asalam Alaikum, Rahamathullah Wa Barkha thu, I am a revert, embraced Islam.My wife is a kafir. she doesn't want to embrace Islam. She is a disabled…
Aboobakr Siddeeq bin Mufti Amjad Mohammad - Mufti Online6 Feb 2018
Second husband being a mahram for the wife's daughter
I am getting married to a woman who already has a daughter, from a previous marriage. Would I be a Mahram for this girl, because Allah says:…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Feb 2018
Touching one's father in law
Somedays ago my father in law was ill. He is 76 yrs old and suffering brain stroke. When he was ill my mother in law was taking off his shirt…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Feb 2018
Marrying a Shia
Can a Sunni girl marry a Shi’a boy? He does not believe that Ali (radhiyallahu anhu) was the next prophet nor does he place more importance to him,…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online30 Jan 2018
Marrying a Shia
I have recently been in a difficult situation to figure out if a marriage between a Sunni girl and Shia guy is allowable? I have done a lot of…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Jan 2018
Marrying one's foster sister
My mother breastfed her sisters daughter only once when she was ill and at that time my mother breastfed her daughter. Now we like each other and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Jan 2018
Woman looking at the private part of a man
1. If a woman looks at the private parts of a man without lust, does it establish hurmat-e-musaaharat? 2. A woman looks at the private part of a man…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online23 Jan 2018Roman Urdu
Razaa'i behen se nikaah karna
Kia us larki sy shadi ho skti hai jis ny meri nani sy doodh pia ho kbhi?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Jan 2018
Hurmat-e-musaaharat
For hurmat musaaharat to be established, is it necessary that shahwah be felt at the exact time of touching. Now suppose a man touches a female. He…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Jan 2018
Accidentally touching a female with lust
1. If a man’s hand accidentally touches the hand of a female and any of them feels lust, does it establish hurmat musarrat even though the touching…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Jan 2018
Touching someone without lust
1. I wanted to ask, if while touching the opposite sex, a man or women ejaculates, then does it establish hurmat musarrat? 2. Does lust in the case…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Jan 2018
Husband not allowing children to visit their non-Muslim grand-mother
I am a revert alhumdulilah. I am in a dilemma regarding visiting my mother who is Hindu. My husband does not allow my kids to visit her because she…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Jan 2018
Having haraam thoughts about one's future mother in-law
Sometimes bad thoughts comes in my mind about my future mother in law. I haven't touched her just bad thoughts so could nikah be possible?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online31 Dec 2017Roman Urdu
Razaai behen ki behen se shaadi karna
Mera sawal ye hai k meri maa ne aik larke ko apna doodh pilaya ta... ab uski choti bahen se mera nikah hu sakta hai?
Mufti Zakaria Makada
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