Step Relations and Related Matters

I heard that step sister is obliged to abide by hijab infront of her step brothers.Are they mehram or non mehram to her sheik?

Mahram, Step Relations and Related Matters

13 Aug

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

I lost my mother when I was very young and my father got married again does my step mother have the same rights as my birth mother and all the other rights my birth mother is entitled to

Step Relations and Related Matters

23 Jan

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.

May I ask the ruling regarding the right of a step parent? Would I need to honour the wife of my biological father. I don’t feel comfortable with this notion as my biological mother is whom I love and I honour due to her being the mother who gave birth to me. When I mean honour I mean would I be responsible for caring for her or would be the responsibility of her husband?

Step Relations and Related Matters

23 Dec

ANSWER: You don’t have any duties towards your step mother nor you are obliged to listen to her. However, it’s best to respect her in order to please your father but she does not have any rights over the step children.

What role (responsibility) does a stepfather play in his wife’s children’s lives. Specially if conflict arises between the children and stepfather & wife (for some reason) keeps a distance from the husband.

Step Relations and Related Matters

29 Aug

A step father is the husband of the mother. He has no rights upon his wife’s children nor is obliged to do anything for them.

I got a question from a person which confused me so I thought to ask you. A girl whose mother has a step brother (from another father), he is that girl’s step uncle, is he her Mahram or not?

Step Relations and Related Matters

28 Jun

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 […]

Asalaam Mualakum Sheikh, I currently have my step father’s last name and I will soon in shaa Allah change it to my real father’slast name. I was legally adopted as a child by my step father. I am now 20 years old, do I have to be un-adopted in the courts or is the name change sufficient?

Step Relations and Related Matters

12 Jun

Wa alaikum salam wa rahmatullaahi, The name change is sufficient.

I heard that step sister is obliged to abide by hijab infront of her step brothers.Are they mehram or non mehram to her sheik?

I lost my mother when I was very young and my father got married again does my step mother have the same rights as my birth mother and all the other rights my birth mother is entitled to

What role (responsibility) does a stepfather play in his wife’s children’s lives. Specially if conflict arises between the children and stepfather & wife (for some reason) keeps a distance from the husband.

I got a question from a person which confused me so I thought to ask you. A girl whose mother has a step brother (from another father), he is that girl’s step uncle, is he her Mahram or not?

Asalaam Mualakum Sheikh, I currently have my step father’s last name and I will soon in shaa Allah change it to my real father’slast name. I was legally adopted as a child by my step father. I am now 20 years old, do I have to be un-adopted in the courts or is the name change sufficient?

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