A Woman Marrying Her Father's Maternal Uncle
Islamic Rulings -
Living Shariah Verdicts
Islamic Questions & Answers
Is it permissible for a girl to marry her
father's maternal uncle?.
Praise be to Allaah.
It is not permissible for a girl to marry her father's
maternal uncle, because her father's maternal uncle is
also her maternal uncle, so he is a mahram. Allaah
says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Forbidden to you (for marriage) are: your mothers,
your daughters, your sisters, your father's sisters,
your mother's sisters, your brother's daughters, your
sister's daughters"
[al-Nisa' 4:23]
The scholars (may Allaah have mercy on them) have
stated that the paternal uncle of a father is also the
paternal uncle of his son, and the maternal uncle of a
father is also the maternal uncle of his son.
And Allaah knows best,
See al-Muqni' wa'l-Insaaf wa'l-Sharh al-Kabeer (ed. By
al-Turki), 20/277.
Is the wife of one's son through breastfeeding a
mahram?
I have a son through breastfeeding who was breastfed
by my wife. Am I a mahram for his wife?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The wife of a son of one's loins is a mahram to his
father, because Allaah says (interpretation of the
meaning):
"Forbidden to you (for marriage) are… the wives of
your sons who (spring) from your own loins"
[al-Nisa' 4:23]
If a man has a son who is married to a woman, his
father becomes a mahram to her, and he may travel with
her, be alone with her, look at her face, and so on.
With regard to his son through breastfeeding, most of
the scholars are of the view that he is like a son
from his own loins, but Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah
rejected that and said: Breastfeeding does not affect
the in-law relationship; the wife of a son through
breastfeeding is a non-mahram to the father, so she
should not uncover in front of him and she should not
be alone with him and he may not travel with her,
because she is a stranger (non-mahram) to him. Allaah
says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Forbidden to you (for marriage) are… the wives of
your sons who (spring) from your own loins"
[al-Nisa' 4:23]
And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: "What becomes mahram (forbidden for
marriage) through breastfeeding is that which become
mahram through blood ties."
A son's wife is not a mahram to his father because of
blood ties but rather through marriage. There is no
blood tie between his father and her, rather she is
his mahram through marriage. This is the view favoured
by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah, and this is what I
think is correct.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him);
Liqaa'aat al-baab il-Maftooh, 529.
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