The mother’s right to custody of the child before the age of seven and the condition of the mahram
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Question:
The Shaykh (may Allah preserve you) was asked about the statement of the designer: “When a girl reaches seven years of age, her father has the greater right to her.” So the question is: who has the greater right to her before the age of seven? Matters are a hundred...
Answer:
It has been established that the mother takes precedence before the age of seven. If she is divorced and has not remarried, she has the greater right to the custody of the child, whether it is a boy or a girl. Yes? Generally, generally, a child distinguishes right from wrong at seven years of age, and may distinguish before that. Yes, hmm? Reaching puberty is not a condition for the mahram; distinguishing right from wrong is sufficient. The mahram is the adult man.
The Shaykh (may Allah preserve you) was asked about the statement of the designer: “When a girl reaches seven years of age, her father has the greater right to her.” So the question is: who has the greater right to her before the age of seven? Matters are a hundred...
Answer:
It has been established that the mother takes precedence before the age of seven. If she is divorced and has not remarried, she has the greater right to the custody of the child, whether it is a boy or a girl. Yes? Generally, generally, a child distinguishes right from wrong at seven years of age, and may distinguish before that. Yes, hmm? Reaching puberty is not a condition for the mahram; distinguishing right from wrong is sufficient. The mahram is the adult man.
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