The Prohibition of a Man to His Father's Divorced Wife
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is a man considered a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to his father's divorced wife?
Answer:
Yes, a man is a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to his father's divorced wife, his grandfather's wife, and his great-grandfather's wife; in other words, all of them fall under the description of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nisa 4:22] So he is a mahram to her, whether his father divorced her or she became a widow. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is a man considered a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to his father's divorced wife?
Answer:
Yes, a man is a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to his father's divorced wife, his grandfather's wife, and his great-grandfather's wife; in other words, all of them fall under the description of Allah the Exalted:
And do not marry those [women] whom your fathers married
وَلَا تَنكِحُوا مَا نَكَحَ آبَاؤُكُم مِّنَ النِّسَاءِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 040 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / المناسك / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (48:52)
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