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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on the father's wife and the grandfather's wife as mahram (a relative one may not marry)

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Your father's wife or your grandfather's wife is a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to you, whether she is your father's or your grandfather's second, third, or fourth wife, whether your grandfather is on your father's side or your mother's side. You are a mahram to her. Welcome.
And do not marry those [women] whom your fathers marriedوَلَا تَنكِحُوا مَا نَكَحَ آبَاؤُكُم مِّنَ النِّسَاءِ
[An-Nisa 4:22]
. The term "father" includes the father and the grandfather, including the grandfather on the father's side and the grandfather on the mother's side, provided they have fathers.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، لقاءات مفتوحة-04-لقاء مفتوح - الدمام - 13-8-1420 هـ — youtube.com (57:27)

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