Continuation of the discussion on the meanings of the verse: “Forbidden to you are your mothers, your daughters, your sisters…”

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. What do you say about the maternal grandmother’s sister? Is she forbidden or not? She is forbidden. Do you agree? Is the maternal grandmother’s sister forbidden to a man? She is not forbidden. Is she forbidden? What is the maternal grandmother’s sister? Even the maternal grandmother’s sister? Is her father’s sister forbidden to him? Yes, she is forbidden. Why? Because she is his paternal aunt. Yes. We mentioned that a person’s paternal aunt is a paternal aunt to him and to his descendants, both male and female, and a person’s maternal aunt is a maternal aunt to him and to his descendants, both male and female. So they fall under His saying: . We mentioned the criterion cited by the scholars regarding those forbidden by blood relation. What is it? The ancestors, however high up they may be. Who falls under the ancestors? The father; no one marries him. But who falls under the ancestors if we say that the ancestors are forbidden to a person? The mother, however high up she may be, meaning the grandmother, whether from the father’s side or the mother’s side, whether distant or close, falls under the ancestors. The second? The descendants, however low down they may be. This includes the sons and daughters. Do not bring up the sons here; we are currently enumerating women. It includes the daughter, the daughter of the son, and the daughter of the daughter, however low down they may be. Without detail? Without detail. The third criterion? The descendants of the highest ancestor, excluding their own descendants. Correct? Correct. The fourth? The descendants of the lowest ancestor, however low down they may be. Is this correct? Who are the descendants of the lowest ancestor? The sisters, and their daughters, and the daughters of the brothers. No, are you sure? Yes. So these are the criteria: the ancestors, however high up they may be; the descendants, however low down they may be; the descendants of the lowest ancestor, however low down they may be; and the descendants of the highest ancestor, specifically their direct line, we do not say “however low down they may be.” Allah the Exalted said regarding the remaining forbidden women: . The mothers of women; who falls under this? The mother of the wife, however high up she may be. Who falls under the stepdaughter? The daughters of the wife. Are they her direct daughters, or however low down they may be? However low down they may be. Pay attention! However low down they may be? Do you agree? The daughters of the wife, however low down they may be? Correct. This is the stronger position. Is there a stronger and a weaker position in this issue? This is the style of Ibn Jinni. “From their descendants” means the descendants of the wife from her direct line only, not those who are lower down. So is it permissible for the husband to marry the daughter of his wife’s daughter? You did not mention this. No, we gave you criteria in this issue. I am asking you about the criteria now. “However low down they may be”? The daughters of the wife, however low down they may be? Meaning, is the daughter of his wife’s daughter forbidden to the husband? No. The issue of guardianship is not a condition. It has become clear that it is not a condition. Is she forbidden? Do you agree with this? On the condition that he has intercourse with her. He had intercourse with her, correct? He had intercourse with her. Are the daughters of the wife forbidden to him? They are not among the criteria. They are not stepdaughters. So they are permissible, meaning it is permissible for a man to marry the daughter of his wife’s daughter? Yes. What do you say? You do not agree. Yes, the correct view is that we do not agree with that, because the stepdaughters referred to are the descendants of the wife, however low down they may be, such as the daughters of her daughters, and the daughters of her sons, however low down they may be, but on the condition of intercourse. The wives of the sons? Is it not permissible to marry the wife of his son? No. Even if the son has divorced her? Even if he divorced her. Even if he died from her? Even if he died from her. Even if her marriage was annulled? Yes. What do you say? Correct. What do you say about the breastfeeding son? Is his wife forbidden to his father through breastfeeding? The first opinion is “that he is excluded from adoption”. Whose opinion is this? The opinion of the majority. And the second is the opinion of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. What are the criteria for those forbidden by affinity? We know them by number, but we want to know them by criteria? The first criterion? We have not studied it. Did we not give you the criteria for those forbidden by blood relation? Yes. Okay, affinity? Okay. The criteria for affinity: The ancestors and descendants of the wife are forbidden specifically to the husband. The ancestors and descendants of the wife are forbidden specifically to the husband. But the ancestors are forbidden merely by the contract, and the descendants require intercourse. Allah called the descendants stepdaughters and called the ancestors “the mothers of your women.” This is specifically for the husband. And the ancestors and descendants of the husband are forbidden specifically to the wife. The ancestors and descendants of the husband are forbidden specifically to the wife. These are the forbidden by affinity. There are four: The ancestors of the husband are forbidden to whom? Specifically to the wife. The descendants of the husband are forbidden specifically to the wife. The ancestors of the wife are forbidden specifically to the husband. And these three are forbidden merely by the contract. Do you understand? The fourth: The descendants of the wife are forbidden specifically to the husband, but this is on the condition of intercourse. Based on this, is it permissible for a man to marry the daughter of his father’s wife? Yes, it is permissible. It is not permissible. Is it permissible? Incorrect. There is a detail. Yes. No, no, we do not restrict it. The daughter of his father’s wife, if the wife is... her mother, it is not permissible. Why? Because she is his sister. In any case, this is not a case that arises for anyone. So it is permissible for a man to marry the daughter of his father’s wife. Is it permissible to marry the mother of his father’s wife? It is permissible. It is not permissible. Okay, let us see. Now we said that the prohibition relates specifically to the husband or specifically to the wife. The husband is forbidden the ancestors and descendants of the wife, and the wife is forbidden the ancestors and descendants of the husband. This man wanted to marry the mother of his father’s wife? It is permissible. Why? Because the ancestors of the wife that are forbidden are specifically to the husband, not specifically to the wife. Pay attention to this! The prohibition relates only to the husband and only to the wife. The husband is forbidden the ancestors and descendants of the wife, and the wife is forbidden the ancestors and descendants of the husband. This is the criterion for those forbidden by affinity, and the Qur'an is clear on this. It is a condition. This is forbidden to him permanently, it is not forbidden... This is permanent. From the moment he contracts marriage with the woman, her ancestors are forbidden to him forever, and her descendants are forbidden to him forever if he has intercourse with her. Is the sister of the wife forbidden to the husband? We say it this way? No, we do not say it this way. We say that combining the wife and her sister is forbidden, because Allah said: . This is conjoined to , meaning it is forbidden for you to combine two sisters. There are three forbidden by combination: the sister of the wife, her paternal aunt, and her maternal aunt. These are forbidden by combination, so it is not permissible for a man to combine a woman with her sister, nor a woman with her paternal aunt. What is the description of her paternal aunt? The daughter of her brother. And the son... and her maternal aunt, the daughter of her sister. These three are forbidden by combination. And there is no doubt that this is part of the criterion mentioned by the jurists that it is forbidden to combine any two women such that if one of them were a man, she would not be permissible to the other by blood relation or breastfeeding, not affinity. Because this now requires time to visualize and then apply. But if I say: combining a woman with her sister, as in the Qur'an, combining a woman with her paternal aunt, and a woman with her maternal aunt, as in the Sunnah, he said: . I think we discussed it? The benefits remain.