Fatwa ID: 06644

 

Answered by: Muftiyah Habiba Akhtar

 

Question:

 

Is the daughter of one’s stepfather’s second wife a Mahram?

 

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

Answer:

 

In Islam, those who have been made haram for you have been indicated. Allah SWT states in the Qur’an:

 

“Prohibited 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, your [milk] mothers who nursed you, your sisters through nursing, your wives’ mothers, and your step-daughters under your guardianship [born] of your wives unto whom you have gone in. But if you have not gone in unto them, there is no sin upon you. And [also prohibited are] the wives of your sons who are from your [own] loins, and that you take [in marriage] two sisters simultaneously, except for what has already occurred.1 Indeed, Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.”

 

(1)

The above relations are forbidden for a man to marry or have relations with.

 

 

As for your stepfather’s children who are your step siblings, they are marriageable and are your non-mahrams. (2)

 

 

You may marry your step siblings and therefore you must observe the veil between each other.

 

 

 

Only Allah knows the best

Written by Muftiyah Habiba Akhtar

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

(حُرِّمَتۡ عَلَیۡكُمۡ أُمَّهَـٰتُكُمۡ وَبَنَاتُكُمۡ وَأَخَوَ ٰ⁠تُكُمۡ وَعَمَّـٰتُكُمۡ وَخَـٰلَـٰتُكُمۡ وَبَنَاتُ ٱلۡأَخِ وَبَنَاتُ ٱلۡأُخۡتِ وَأُمَّهَـٰتُكُمُ ٱلَّـٰتِیۤ أَرۡضَعۡنَكُمۡ وَأَخَوَ ٰ⁠تُكُم مِّنَ ٱلرَّضَـٰعَةِ وَأُمَّهَـٰتُ نِسَاۤىِٕكُمۡ وَرَبَـٰۤىِٕبُكُمُ ٱلَّـٰتِی فِی حُجُورِكُم مِّن نِّسَاۤىِٕكُمُ ٱلَّـٰتِی دَخَلۡتُم بِهِنَّ فَإِن لَّمۡ تَكُونُوا۟ دَخَلۡتُم بِهِنَّ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَیۡكُمۡ وَحَلَـٰۤىِٕلُ أَبۡنَاۤىِٕكُمُ ٱلَّذِینَ مِنۡ أَصۡلَـٰبِكُمۡ وَأَن تَجۡمَعُوا۟ بَیۡنَ ٱلۡأُخۡتَیۡنِ إِلَّا مَا قَدۡ سَلَفَۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورࣰا رَّحِیمࣰا)

[Surah An-Nisa’ 23]

 

 

(2)

لا بأس بأن يتزوج الرجل امرأة ويتزوج ابنه ابنتها أو أمها كذا في محيط السرخسي وفي الفتاوى الصغرى إذا لف ذكره في خرقة وجامعها كذلك إن كانت خرقة لا تمنع وصول الحرارة إلى ذكره تحل المرأة للزوج الأول وإن كانت تمنع كالمنديل : تحل كذا في الخلاصة

Fatawa Hindiyyah, Vol 1, Page 277, Darul Fikr