The Woman's Veiling Herself from Her Former Master Who Freed Her
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this is a woman asking: Does a Muslim woman have to veil herself from her former master?
Answer:
Meaning, the one who was freed? Yes, she must veil herself from him. Even if he is her master by inheritance and manumission, she is a stranger to him. She has exited his ownership. She did not veil herself from him while she was in his ownership, but after she was freed, she became a free woman, not owned, so it is obligatory for her to veil herself from him. And even if he inherits from her through the bond of loyalty, for example, inheritance does not necessarily imply that one is a mahram (a relative one may not marry). A paternal uncle inherits, yet he is not a mahram. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, this is a woman asking: Does a Muslim woman have to veil herself from her former master?
Answer:
Meaning, the one who was freed? Yes, she must veil herself from him. Even if he is her master by inheritance and manumission, she is a stranger to him. She has exited his ownership. She did not veil herself from him while she was in his ownership, but after she was freed, she became a free woman, not owned, so it is obligatory for her to veil herself from him. And even if he inherits from her through the bond of loyalty, for example, inheritance does not necessarily imply that one is a mahram (a relative one may not marry). A paternal uncle inherits, yet he is not a mahram. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 24 — archive.org (4:28)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.