A woman says: My husband has a brother from his mother, and my husband wants me to sit with them, but I know that this is forbidden. However, my husband is not convinced by this, so we ask you to issue a ruling for him so that he may hear the ruling.
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The questioner : My husband has a brother from his mother, and my husband wants me to sit with them. I know that this is forbidden, but my husband is not convinced. Therefore, we ask you to issue a ruling for him through this program, Nur 'ala al-Darb, so that he may hear the ruling and be convinced. May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible for your husband to allow you to uncover yourself before his brother from his mother, because he is not a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to you. It is even less permissible for him to force you to uncover yourself before him. Even if he orders you to do so, it is not permissible for you to obey him, because there is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator.
I offer this advice to this husband: I say to him, fear Allah regarding yourself and fear Allah regarding your family. A person must have jealousy (protectiveness) over his mahrams (close relatives) such that he does not expose them—any of his mahrams—to disobedience to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), especially in matters concerning these issues.
It should be known that among the husband's relatives, the only ones who are mahrams (relatives one may not marry) are his ancestors, namely his fathers and grandfathers, and his descendants, namely his sons, his sons' sons, and his daughters' sons, and so on down the line. These are the mahrams among the husband's relatives. As for others, such as his brothers, uncles, and maternal uncles, they are not mahrams to his wife. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. This caller from Jeddah, A S H, says.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible for your husband to allow you to uncover yourself before his brother from his mother, because he is not a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to you. It is even less permissible for him to force you to uncover yourself before him. Even if he orders you to do so, it is not permissible for you to obey him, because there is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator.
I offer this advice to this husband: I say to him, fear Allah regarding yourself and fear Allah regarding your family. A person must have jealousy (protectiveness) over his mahrams (close relatives) such that he does not expose them—any of his mahrams—to disobedience to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), especially in matters concerning these issues.
It should be known that among the husband's relatives, the only ones who are mahrams (relatives one may not marry) are his ancestors, namely his fathers and grandfathers, and his descendants, namely his sons, his sons' sons, and his daughters' sons, and so on down the line. These are the mahrams among the husband's relatives. As for others, such as his brothers, uncles, and maternal uncles, they are not mahrams to his wife. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. This caller from Jeddah, A S H, says.