The ruling on a woman marrying the man who saved her from destruction
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Question:
This female questioner sent a question saying: Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Honorable Shaykh, if a woman is exposed to an accident, for example a fire, and a man comes and saves her from this fire, it is known to many people that this man becomes one of her mahram (a relative one may not marry) and that she is permitted to uncover herself in front of him afterwards. The question is: Does this claim have a basis in the Shari'ah, and is it permissible for this woman to marry this man?
Answer:
This is based on the assumption of ignorance. A foreign man does not become a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to a woman, even if he saved her from destruction; he remains a stranger to her and does not become a mahram to her. It is permissible for him to marry her, because Allah mentioned the categories of women who are forbidden to marry in the Qur'an, in His saying: "Forbidden to you in marriage are your mothers..." up to His saying:[An-Nisa 4:25] He did not mention among them the man who saved her from destruction. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
This female questioner sent a question saying: Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Honorable Shaykh, if a woman is exposed to an accident, for example a fire, and a man comes and saves her from this fire, it is known to many people that this man becomes one of her mahram (a relative one may not marry) and that she is permitted to uncover herself in front of him afterwards. The question is: Does this claim have a basis in the Shari'ah, and is it permissible for this woman to marry this man?
Answer:
This is based on the assumption of ignorance. A foreign man does not become a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to a woman, even if he saved her from destruction; he remains a stranger to her and does not become a mahram to her. It is permissible for him to marry her, because Allah mentioned the categories of women who are forbidden to marry in the Qur'an, in His saying: "Forbidden to you in marriage are your mothers..." up to His saying:
And whoever among you cannot [find] the means to marry free, believing women, then [he may marry] from those whom your right hands possess
وَمَن لَّمْ يَسْتَطِعْ مِنكُمْ طَوْلًا أَن يَنكِحَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ فَمِن مَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 245 من المجموعة الثالثة للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (4:12)
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