The ruling on a man making another man a mahram (a relative one may not marry) for his family
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Question:
This is a somewhat long case. The person who asked it says: A man from the desert, one day, went out to check on some of his livestock. He strayed far from the places of water, food, and people. Thirst became severe for him as a result of searching intensely for the livestock in a barren desert with intense heat. He tried to look for water but found nothing, which forced him to surrender his affair to Allah and prepare for death. He fell to the ground unconscious. While he was in this state in the middle of the desert, scorched by the intense heat of the sun, stripped of his clothes, unconscious, and unaware of those around him, a man came, by the grace of Allah, and saved him from this condition. He gave him water and clothes, fed him, and took him with him until he regained consciousness from that coma.
The question is: As a result of this good treatment he received from this man who passed by him, he was psychologically affected to a great extent, to the point that he said: "You are a brother to my children and my wife, and you are like a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to them." Is what he did correct?
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This person who saved him has done a good deed; he has done well, and he will receive his reward from Allah for having saved a soul that was on the verge of perishing. He is rewarded for this action and will receive a great reward, but he does not thereby become a mahram to the wife of the one he saved or to her daughters. Rather, he is their brother in Allah. He has done a great favor to the father of the daughters and to the husband of the woman, but he does not thereby become a mahram. He does not become the brother of the one he saved, nor his father, nor his son. Rather, he is their brother in Allah, provided they are all Muslims, for in that case, they are all brothers in Allah. However, mahram status is not established by this. Saving a person does not make him a mahram to his daughters, his wife, or anyone else. And success is from Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
This is a somewhat long case. The person who asked it says: A man from the desert, one day, went out to check on some of his livestock. He strayed far from the places of water, food, and people. Thirst became severe for him as a result of searching intensely for the livestock in a barren desert with intense heat. He tried to look for water but found nothing, which forced him to surrender his affair to Allah and prepare for death. He fell to the ground unconscious. While he was in this state in the middle of the desert, scorched by the intense heat of the sun, stripped of his clothes, unconscious, and unaware of those around him, a man came, by the grace of Allah, and saved him from this condition. He gave him water and clothes, fed him, and took him with him until he regained consciousness from that coma.
The question is: As a result of this good treatment he received from this man who passed by him, he was psychologically affected to a great extent, to the point that he said: "You are a brother to my children and my wife, and you are like a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to them." Is what he did correct?
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This person who saved him has done a good deed; he has done well, and he will receive his reward from Allah for having saved a soul that was on the verge of perishing. He is rewarded for this action and will receive a great reward, but he does not thereby become a mahram to the wife of the one he saved or to her daughters. Rather, he is their brother in Allah. He has done a great favor to the father of the daughters and to the husband of the woman, but he does not thereby become a mahram. He does not become the brother of the one he saved, nor his father, nor his son. Rather, he is their brother in Allah, provided they are all Muslims, for in that case, they are all brothers in Allah. However, mahram status is not established by this. Saving a person does not make him a mahram to his daughters, his wife, or anyone else. And success is from Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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