What is the criterion for those who are prohibited from marriage due to kinship?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: A man has two wives. Is the mother of the second wife a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to the children of the first wife? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good. Yes. He says: A man has two wives. Yes. Is the mother of the second wife a mahram to the children of the first wife?
Answer:
No, she is not a mahram to the children of the second wife. Her mother is not a mahram to them; rather, she is a mahram to the children of her daughter because she is their grandmother. As for the children of the second wife, she is a stranger to them; she is a stranger to them. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: A man has two wives. Is the mother of the second wife a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to the children of the first wife? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good. Yes. He says: A man has two wives. Yes. Is the mother of the second wife a mahram to the children of the first wife?
Answer:
No, she is not a mahram to the children of the second wife. Her mother is not a mahram to them; rather, she is a mahram to the children of her daughter because she is their grandmother. As for the children of the second wife, she is a stranger to them; she is a stranger to them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما ضابط المحرمات من النسب؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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