Islam Question and Answer - Non-Marriageable Relatives of Women

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Non-Marriageable Relatives of Women

1		This woman is not your mahram .	14333
2		Prohibition of a woman travelling without a mahram, and conditions of a mahram.	316
3		His grandfather’s daughter is also his paternal uncle’s wife.	4332
4		Uncovering in front of the husband’s father through radaa’ah.	13257
5		Should she wear hijab in front of her Christian maternal uncle? .	21953
6		Should she cut off her ties with her adopted brother who has left Islam (is an apostate)?.	6102
7		Ruling on marrying an uncle’s wife.	2661
8		Is one’s mother’s cousin considered to be a mahram? .	12335
9		The wife of your wife’s father is not a mahram for you .	10239
10		Who are the mahrams in front of whom a woman can uncover?.	5538
11		Sitting with husband’s relatives and shaking hands with them .	12837
12		Is the son of her husband’s daughter regarded as a mahram for her?.	67921
13		A woman’s maternal uncle is a mahram and it is permissible for him to be alone with her.	65925
14		Is my husband a mahram for my brother’s daughter whom I brought up? .	20248
15		Her brother was breastfed by the wife of her maternal uncle; are her uncle’s children mahrams for her?.	12297
16		The husband’s children are mahrams for their father’s wife .	20755
17		Is the father of one’s ex-husband a mahram? .	20750
18		Is it permissible for the husband’s brother to take his brother’s wife to the doctor? .	12852
19		Can his wife uncover in front of his elderly uncle?.	60144
20		The daughter of a sister through breastfeeding is forbidden in marriage.	52773

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