Is the wife's mother forbidden after the contract but before consummation?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The honorable Shaykh says: If a man contracts marriage with a woman but does not consummate it, is her mother forbidden to him?
The Shaykh:
If a man contracts marriage with a woman.
The questioner:
And does not consummate it, is her mother forbidden to him?
The Shaykh:
Yes, she is forbidden to him even if he did not consummate the marriage with the daughter, simply by the contract. [The verse mentions] "and the mothers of your women." As for the daughter, if he contracts marriage with her mother, she is not forbidden except by consummating the marriage with the mother. This is based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nisa 4:23] The condition was not mentioned for the stepdaughter, and it was not mentioned for the mother. Yes, so the wife's mother is forbidden simply by the contract. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The honorable Shaykh says: If a man contracts marriage with a woman but does not consummate it, is her mother forbidden to him?
The Shaykh:
If a man contracts marriage with a woman.
The questioner:
And does not consummate it, is her mother forbidden to him?
The Shaykh:
Yes, she is forbidden to him even if he did not consummate the marriage with the daughter, simply by the contract. [The verse mentions] "and the mothers of your women." As for the daughter, if he contracts marriage with her mother, she is not forbidden except by consummating the marriage with the mother. This is based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
your step-daughters under your guardianship [born] of your wives unto whom you have gone in
وَرَبَائِبُكُمُ اللَّاتِي فِي حُجُورِكُم مِّن نِّسَائِكُمُ اللَّاتِي دَخَلْتُم بِهِنَّ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل تحرم أم الزوجة بعد العقد وقبل الدخول؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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