Is it permissible for a grandson to greet his grandfather’s wife?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, is it valid for a grandson to greet his grandfather’s wife?
The Shaykh : His grandfather’s wife?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is valid.
The Shaykh : And his grandfather’s
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : other than his grandmother.
The Shaykh : That is, other than his grandmother, because the wives of one’s ancestors, however high up the lineage they are, are also mahram (forbidden to marry) to his grandsons and great-grandsons.
On this occasion, I say to you, may Allah bless you: When a man marries a woman, his ancestors become mahram to her, meaning his fathers and grandfathers, however high up the lineage they are. And his sons become mahram to her, as well as his grandsons and the sons of his daughters. And the ancestors of the wife become mahram to the husband, meaning her mothers and grandmothers. These three categories become mahram immediately upon the contract.
The fourth category: the descendants of the wife, meaning her daughters. The husband does not become mahram to them until he has intercourse with their mother, as He the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:23] Yes, yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah protect you, what is the ruling on drawing a picture that appears to represent Paradise?
The Shaykh : Ah.
The Shaykh : His grandfather’s wife?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is valid.
The Shaykh : And his grandfather’s
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : other than his grandmother.
The Shaykh : That is, other than his grandmother, because the wives of one’s ancestors, however high up the lineage they are, are also mahram (forbidden to marry) to his grandsons and great-grandsons.
On this occasion, I say to you, may Allah bless you: When a man marries a woman, his ancestors become mahram to her, meaning his fathers and grandfathers, however high up the lineage they are. And his sons become mahram to her, as well as his grandsons and the sons of his daughters. And the ancestors of the wife become mahram to the husband, meaning her mothers and grandmothers. These three categories become mahram immediately upon the contract.
The fourth category: the descendants of the wife, meaning her daughters. The husband does not become mahram to them until he has intercourse with their mother, as He the Exalted said:
and your step-daughters under your guardianship [born] of your wives unto whom you have gone in. But if you have not gone in unto them, there is no sin upon you.
وَرَبَائِبُكُمُ اللَّاتِي فِي حُجُورِكُمْ مِنْ نِسَائِكُمُ اللَّاتِي دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ فَلا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْThe questioner : Shaykh, may Allah protect you, what is the ruling on drawing a picture that appears to represent Paradise?
The Shaykh : Ah.