The Ruling on Uncovering the Face for the Wife’s Grandmothers
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The questioner:
Your Eminence the Shaykh Salih, may Allah preserve you. We conclude with this question from the listener Ya'qub 'Abd al-Ghani from Abha. He says: My question is, are the wives of my grandfather considered mahram (forbidden relatives) to my wife, such that it is permissible for them to uncover their faces before me? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
The wives of your grandfather are mahram to you. Yes.
The questioner:
He is saying the wives of his wife’s grandfather.
The Shaykh:
No, the wife’s grandmother is not a mahram to him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Your Eminence the Shaykh Salih, may Allah preserve you. We conclude with this question from the listener Ya'qub 'Abd al-Ghani from Abha. He says: My question is, are the wives of my grandfather considered mahram (forbidden relatives) to my wife, such that it is permissible for them to uncover their faces before me? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
The wives of your grandfather are mahram to you. Yes.
The questioner:
He is saying the wives of his wife’s grandfather.
The Shaykh:
No, the wife’s grandmother is not a mahram to him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7481 — youtube.com (16:37)
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