What is the ruling on a woman appearing before her Christian children?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks: Is it permissible for a woman who married an Indian man—meaning the question is whether she may appear before her Christian children?
Answer:
Her children, yes, the children she gave birth to are her children and her offspring. They are mahram (a relative one may not marry) to her, even if they are disbelievers, as long as she gave birth to them[Al-Mujadila 58:2]. They are her children, yes, but they have no authority over her if they are disbelievers. They do not contract her marriage, nor do they act as her guardians. Indeed, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: [An-Nisa 4:141]
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks: Is it permissible for a woman who married an Indian man—meaning the question is whether she may appear before her Christian children?
Answer:
Her children, yes, the children she gave birth to are her children and her offspring. They are mahram (a relative one may not marry) to her, even if they are disbelievers, as long as she gave birth to them
Their mothers are none but those who gave birth to them
إِنْ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ إِلَّا اللَّائِي وَلَدْنَهُمْand never will Allah give the disbelievers over the believers a way [to overcome them].
وَلَن يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَبِيلًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم ظهور المرأة على أولادها النصارى؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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