QUESTION: My question is I have asked my wife not to do hijab at home when I am at home and when her father is around because I want to see her without hijab. But my wife says she will do it in front of her father as an act of respect because this is what she did as an act of respect. What are your thoughts on this?

Fiqh of Marriage, Mahram, Women clothing
24 Aug

ANSWER: What she’s doing is wrong.  There is no such hijab in front of her mahrams. If she insists, tell her not to allow her father in the house! 

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QUESTION: If my potential spouse is a revert and his parents are still non-muslims, as his parents where married by hindu tradition will his father be my mahram.

Mahram
09 Aug

ANSWER: Yes.

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QUESTION: My husband is a revert who was born from non Muslim parents who don’t practice marriages. He was born out of wedlock but his father recognized him. Is his father my mahram in a sense that I can be alone with him?

Mahram
26 Jun

ANSWER: If he was born out of wedlock and his biological father had not married his mother, you can’t sit in front of him or be alone with him.

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QUESTION: Is it permissible for a muslimah to take off hijab in front of kaafir father-in-law?

Mahram
09 Mar

ANSWER: Yes.

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QUESTION: Is a man the Mahram to either his son’s wife, or his wife’s mother? Does the woman have to wear Hijab and avoid being alone with him etc.?

Mahram
11 Jan

ANSWER: Daughter in law and mother in law are mahrams for a man for life. Even if divorce takes place or his son or wife dies, they’re still his mahrams for life.

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QUESTION: I cover my hair in front of my father – in – law,As per my knowledge in islam I understand that father – in – law is mahram.Is it compulsory that I need to uncover my hair infront of him or its permissible to cover hair infront of him.  As I feel uncomfortable uncovering my hair infront of my in-laws.

Innovations, Mahram
04 Oct

ANSWER: Your father in law is your permanent mahram and there’s no need at all to cover your hair in front of him.

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QUESTION: I am from pakistan. I live in a separate home. Solo family. My 3 brothers with their families lives together with my parents in a separate city. There is a free mixing all day in their home. They eat together and sit together.I had to go for meeting with my parents but bcz of no parda i got very disturbed. How to deal with this ?

Mahram
03 Oct

ANSWER: When you visit them, ask them in advance to segregate it. If they can’t, simply go and give your respect and leave 

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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. 

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Sheikh I want to ask that my mother wants to go to hajj with her sister and brother-in-law Age of my mother is 62 years, her sister’s age is 60 years and her brother in law’s age is 65 years And the brother in law already performed hajj twice So is this permissible for her to go with these two

Hajj and Umrah, Mahram
25 Jul

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible as her brother in law is not her mahram and the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam prohibited for a Muslim woman to travel without a male mahram of her own, even for hajj. 

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Can boys and girls be friends ? When they both don’t have any feelings for each other ? Aren’t they non mehrams ? What are the boundaries that islam sets and how should one interact with opposite gender in schools and colleges in todays world ?

Halal/Haram Matters, Mahram
07 Jul

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited as islam promotes and mandates segregation between non mahrams.

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