Do I Have To Observe Hijab From My Step-daughter's Husband?
Question
Do I have to observe hijab from my step-daughters husband?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Your stepdaughter’s husband is not your mahram. Therefore, you will have to observe the laws of hijab in his presence.[i]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai Saheb
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
[i] قَوْلُهُ: فَجَازَ الْجَمْعُ بَيْنَ امْرَأَةٍ وَبِنْتِ زَوْجِهَا... قَالُوا كُلُّ امْرَأَتَيْنِ لَوْ كَانَتْ إحْدَاهُمَا ذَكَرًا وَالْأُخْرَى أُنْثَى حَرُمَ النِّكَاحُ بَيْنَهُمَا لَا يَجُوزُ أَنْ يُجْمَعَ بَيْنَهُمَا فِي النِّكَاحِ
(حاشية الشرنبلالي على درر الحكام شرح غرر الأحكام، ج1، ص331، دار إحياء الكتب العربية)
](فَجَازَ الْجَمْعُ بَيْنَ امْرَأَةٍ وَبِنْتِ زَوْجِهَا) أَوْ امْرَأَةِ ابْنِهَا أَوْ أَمَةٍ ثُمَّ سَيِّدَتِهَا لِأَنَّهُ لَوْ فُرِضَتْ الْمَرْأَةُ أَوْ امْرَأَةُ الِابْنِ أَوْ السَّيِّدَةُ ذَكَرًا لَمْ يَحْرُمْ بِخِلَافِ عَكْسِهِ
(الدر المختار،ج3، ص39، دار الفكر)
خير الفتاوى، ج4، ص268، مكتبة امدادية
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