We heard that a man’s son is permitted to uncover his father’s divorced wife because she is his aunt. Is this correct?
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Question:
The questioner, R-Z from the Noble Makkah, says: We heard that a man’s son is permitted to uncover his father’s divorced wife because she is his aunt. Is this correct?
Answer:
Yes, the father’s wife is among the mahram (a relative one may not marry) of the son. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:22] So the father’s wife is included among the prohibited women if the father contracted a valid marriage with her; she is then forbidden to his son, even if the father has divorced her. Yes.
The questioner, R-Z from the Noble Makkah, says: We heard that a man’s son is permitted to uncover his father’s divorced wife because she is his aunt. Is this correct?
Answer:
Yes, the father’s wife is among the mahram (a relative one may not marry) of the son. Allah the Exalted said:
And do not marry those [women] whom your fathers married
وَلَا تَنكِحُوا مَا نَكَحَ آبَاؤُكُم مِّنَ النِّسَاءِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، سمعنا أن الولد ابن الرجل تكشف له زوجة أبيه المطلقة لأنها عمته، فهل هذا صحيح؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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