Two men, one of whom has a daughter and the other has a sister, and each married the other’s relative, so one had a daughter and the other a son; is it permissible for them to marry?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, there are two men.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : There are two men; one of these men has a daughter and the other has a sister. The man who has the sister said: “Marry me your daughter and I will marry you my sister.” So the man who has the daughter married that man, and she gave birth to a girl, and the second man gave birth to a boy. Is it permissible for them to marry?
The Shaykh : The son and the daughter, yes, there is no harm in their marrying because there is no relationship between them. So I do not know why you made this matter difficult?
The questioner : Because the girl came from a man other than her father, and the boy came from another man.
The Shaykh : How? They are all from their fathers.
The questioner : No, two men; one of them has a daughter and the other has a sister.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So each married the other’s relative.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So the owner of the daughter, whose daughter the second man married,
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : gave birth to a daughter and children with him, and the second man, whose sister this man married, gave birth to a boy and children with him.
The Shaykh : Good.
The questioner : Is it permissible for them to marry?
The Shaykh : I say, what is the problem, I mean? I do not say: what is the problem?
The questioner : They are not, I mean, from one family.
The Shaykh : They are not what?
The questioner : They are not from one tribe.
The Shaykh : That is, there is no harm, I mean, this one is from one tribe and this one is from another tribe.
The questioner : Yes, and the boy came from other than his father, and the girl.
The Shaykh : Why from other than his father? Did he not marry her?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, he is her father, he married the woman. Do you understand the problem in this matter? I mean, you intend exchange, I mean, this is not an exchange, this.
This, as long as, as long as he said, “My father, I will marry you my sister,” and this one said, “My father, I will marry you my daughter,” it is not shigar.
Shigar is when he proposes to him and says: “I will not marry you my daughter until you marry me my sister,” or the second one says: “I will not marry you my sister until you marry me your daughter,” do you understand?
The questioner : ... I mean, there is a connection, this one took the sister and this one took the daughter, and each of them ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So there would be a connection there ... there is kinship, not ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The one who took the daughter, that one took the sister.
The Shaykh : Good.
The questioner : Between Muhammad and Ali.
The Shaykh : Good.
The questioner : He took her.
The Shaykh : This one’s daughter and this one’s sister, good.
The questioner : Muhammad had children.
The Shaykh : Fine.
The questioner : And Ali likewise had daughters.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The daughters with Ali’s sons and Muhammad’s daughters ... .
The Shaykh : If there is kinship between them such that this one becomes the maternal uncle, the maternal uncle of the wife’s daughters, do you understand? Then it is not permissible, it is known. But if there is no such connection.
The questioner : ... these Muhammad and Ali have daughters and ... likewise they have daughters, they married among themselves.
The Shaykh : The important thing is if there is a mahram relationship between them, it is not permissible for him to marry the girl of whom he is the maternal uncle.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The girl he married.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : She became the sister of the married woman if the man married her mother, who is with the second man.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you. The children of this woman, if they are the maternal uncles of the other wife’s daughters, then it is not permissible for him. But a maternal uncle’s son and a paternal cousin, there is no harm. Perhaps you mean the husband’s children, the father’s children, I mean, the brothers of the married girl. The brothers of the married girl, it is not permissible for them to marry her daughters because they are her maternal uncles, yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. A person is a guardian over orphans and widows, and he has zakah on his wealth, and he fears that if he pays this money to the widows, they will mishandle it.
The Shaykh : What does he mean?
The questioner : That they will mishandle it. So he said, I mean, I will pay them some of the money and I will dispose of the rest for them?
The Shaykh : This is good, I mean, that the guardian of the orphan.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : There are two men; one of these men has a daughter and the other has a sister. The man who has the sister said: “Marry me your daughter and I will marry you my sister.” So the man who has the daughter married that man, and she gave birth to a girl, and the second man gave birth to a boy. Is it permissible for them to marry?
The Shaykh : The son and the daughter, yes, there is no harm in their marrying because there is no relationship between them. So I do not know why you made this matter difficult?
The questioner : Because the girl came from a man other than her father, and the boy came from another man.
The Shaykh : How? They are all from their fathers.
The questioner : No, two men; one of them has a daughter and the other has a sister.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So each married the other’s relative.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So the owner of the daughter, whose daughter the second man married,
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : gave birth to a daughter and children with him, and the second man, whose sister this man married, gave birth to a boy and children with him.
The Shaykh : Good.
The questioner : Is it permissible for them to marry?
The Shaykh : I say, what is the problem, I mean? I do not say: what is the problem?
The questioner : They are not, I mean, from one family.
The Shaykh : They are not what?
The questioner : They are not from one tribe.
The Shaykh : That is, there is no harm, I mean, this one is from one tribe and this one is from another tribe.
The questioner : Yes, and the boy came from other than his father, and the girl.
The Shaykh : Why from other than his father? Did he not marry her?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, he is her father, he married the woman. Do you understand the problem in this matter? I mean, you intend exchange, I mean, this is not an exchange, this.
This, as long as, as long as he said, “My father, I will marry you my sister,” and this one said, “My father, I will marry you my daughter,” it is not shigar.
Shigar is when he proposes to him and says: “I will not marry you my daughter until you marry me my sister,” or the second one says: “I will not marry you my sister until you marry me your daughter,” do you understand?
The questioner : ... I mean, there is a connection, this one took the sister and this one took the daughter, and each of them ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So there would be a connection there ... there is kinship, not ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The one who took the daughter, that one took the sister.
The Shaykh : Good.
The questioner : Between Muhammad and Ali.
The Shaykh : Good.
The questioner : He took her.
The Shaykh : This one’s daughter and this one’s sister, good.
The questioner : Muhammad had children.
The Shaykh : Fine.
The questioner : And Ali likewise had daughters.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The daughters with Ali’s sons and Muhammad’s daughters ... .
The Shaykh : If there is kinship between them such that this one becomes the maternal uncle, the maternal uncle of the wife’s daughters, do you understand? Then it is not permissible, it is known. But if there is no such connection.
The questioner : ... these Muhammad and Ali have daughters and ... likewise they have daughters, they married among themselves.
The Shaykh : The important thing is if there is a mahram relationship between them, it is not permissible for him to marry the girl of whom he is the maternal uncle.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The girl he married.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : She became the sister of the married woman if the man married her mother, who is with the second man.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you. The children of this woman, if they are the maternal uncles of the other wife’s daughters, then it is not permissible for him. But a maternal uncle’s son and a paternal cousin, there is no harm. Perhaps you mean the husband’s children, the father’s children, I mean, the brothers of the married girl. The brothers of the married girl, it is not permissible for them to marry her daughters because they are her maternal uncles, yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. A person is a guardian over orphans and widows, and he has zakah on his wealth, and he fears that if he pays this money to the widows, they will mishandle it.
The Shaykh : What does he mean?
The questioner : That they will mishandle it. So he said, I mean, I will pay them some of the money and I will dispose of the rest for them?
The Shaykh : This is good, I mean, that the guardian of the orphan.