ANSWER: A step parent is someone married to your father or mother and they are your mahram A step sibling is not related to you via your father or mother and hence he/she are non mahram to you

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ANSWER: He can never be her guardian as he is not from her kinship and she doesn’t carry his name.  Her guardian is her biological paternal kinship and if they are not known, then the muslim judge or the authorized Muslim Imam becomes her guardian. 

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ANSWER: Step siblings who don’t share the same father or same mother are total strangers and non mahrams to each other. 

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ANSWER: The step mother has no right on the step children nor the step children have any duties towards the step parent.  However, you should respect her as an elder and in order to please your father.

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The mother and this “step brother” are not related it seems and they are not mahram to one another , let alone being a mahram to that girl! If he was a half brother, meaning that he shares a mother or a father with this woman, he is a mahram to her daughter. Otherwise, he […]

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