Is it permissible for a woman to uncover her face before her husband's children after divorce, or not? And what is the difference between shighar marriage and badal marriage?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, two men, each of whom is the guardian of the other's daughter, and after a period of time, each of them divorced his wife. Is it permissible for the two women, or for one of them, to uncover her face before the other man's children from another woman? Is there a difference between shighar and badal in this matter?
The Shaykh : It seems you are asking about the husband's children after a woman is divorced from him: is it permissible for her to uncover her face before them? The answer is: Yes.
The questioner : Regarding shighar and badal marriage.
The Shaykh : No, regarding the husband's children, it is permissible for his wife to uncover her face before them. But in the matter of shighar and badal, there is a difference between them. Badal is: it is head for head, "Marry me your daughter, and the mahr is my daughter; I will marry her to you or to your son." This is badal, and it is not permissible, because Allah says:[An-Nisa 4:24] With what?
And the second is: shighar marriage, where one marries the other his daughter on the condition that the other marries him his daughter, and he does not say: "This is the mahr of this one," but they do not assign a mahr to them. This is also haram, and the marriage is not valid. Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : Does this shighar entail the woman uncovering her face before her husband's children from another woman?
The Shaykh : This depends on whether the in-law relationship is established by an invalid marriage? And the correct view is that it is not established, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 1718b Meaning: it is returned to him. Yes.
The Shaykh : It seems you are asking about the husband's children after a woman is divorced from him: is it permissible for her to uncover her face before them? The answer is: Yes.
The questioner : Regarding shighar and badal marriage.
The Shaykh : No, regarding the husband's children, it is permissible for his wife to uncover her face before them. But in the matter of shighar and badal, there is a difference between them. Badal is: it is head for head, "Marry me your daughter, and the mahr is my daughter; I will marry her to you or to your son." This is badal, and it is not permissible, because Allah says:
And lawful to you are [all others] beyond these, [provided] that you seek them
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بِأَمْوَالِكُمْAnd the second is: shighar marriage, where one marries the other his daughter on the condition that the other marries him his daughter, and he does not say: "This is the mahr of this one," but they do not assign a mahr to them. This is also haram, and the marriage is not valid. Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : Does this shighar entail the woman uncovering her face before her husband's children from another woman?
The Shaykh : This depends on whether the in-law relationship is established by an invalid marriage? And the correct view is that it is not established, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: