Is it valid for a woman to be a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to another woman?
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Question:
Is it true that two women can be mahrams (relatives one may not marry) to each other, or that four women can be mahrams to one another?
Answer:
It is not true. A woman cannot be a mahram to another woman, not to her daughter, not to her mother, and not to her sister. The mahram is the man. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 1862, and then he mentioned her husband, her father, and the like.
So the mahram is the man for whom she is permanently forbidden by lineage or by a permissible cause, such as marriage ties or breastfeeding. This mahram is: her husband, her father, her brother, her son, her paternal uncle, her maternal uncle, this is the mahram, her brother's son, yes.
Is it true that two women can be mahrams (relatives one may not marry) to each other, or that four women can be mahrams to one another?
Answer:
It is not true. A woman cannot be a mahram to another woman, not to her daughter, not to her mother, and not to her sister. The mahram is the man. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A woman should not travel except with a Dhu-Mahram
لا تُسافر المرأةُ إلا مع ذي محرمٍ منهاSo the mahram is the man for whom she is permanently forbidden by lineage or by a permissible cause, such as marriage ties or breastfeeding. This mahram is: her husband, her father, her brother, her son, her paternal uncle, her maternal uncle, this is the mahram, her brother's son, yes.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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