Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Azaadville

A Stepfather Remaining A Mahram After Divorce

· 17 Rabiʻ I 1445 AH1 min readEnglish

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

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