Step Relations and Related Matters

QUESTION: I was born out of wedlock, my father is Christian and his whole family, my father accepted me and he told his family later, for now some of his sisters and brothers we communicate. So I’m still obliged to maintain ties of kinship, because some live abroad and we haven’t met, many cousins are girls, so how to maintain ties of kinship.

Mahram, Step Relations and Related Matters

06 May

ANSWER: As long as he claimed you as his son and he is your biological father and your mother did not have any previous relationships when she gave birth to you, he is your father and you should maintain your ties of kinship with his siblings as they are your uncles and aunts. Your female […]

QUESTION: Can my stepfather be my wali if the whole side of my biological father are kafir and there is no one else besides my stepfather

Fiqh of Marriage, Step Relations and Related Matters

11 Oct

ANSWER: This is not permissible. Your guardian must be the muslim ruler or judge or the authorized imam of the islamic center

QUESTION: My mom married another guy and divorced. From that marriage, 1 girl was conceived. Is my mom’s ex-husband still a mahram to me?

Step Relations and Related Matters

20 Aug

ANSWER: Yes

QUESTION: I reverted to Islam and married a Muslim man. Before reverting, I was married to a christian and I have a son from this marriage who is staying with my parents (his grandparents). My present Muslim husband wants me to break ties with my son from former marriage. Is my husband right from Islamic point of view?

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family, Step Relations and Related Matters

30 Jul

ANSWER: No, he’s not right and it’s not permissible for you to break ties with your son. He has no right in ordering you to sever your ties of kinship with your own son !

QUESTION: Couple got divorced and have a child.Child is living with his father.So whoever is taking care of baby does she has the same status as mother(heaven lies under her feet).And does biological mother has any status/value in child’s life or not,if baby isn’t with her due to some reason but she loves that baby

Fiqh of the family, Pedagogy education and upbringing, Step Relations and Related Matters

25 Apr

ANSWER: The reward and the responsibility of being dutiful is only to the real biological mother. The step mother is rewarded for her kindness and that is it. She has no rights on her step child at all.

QUESTION: Are step siblings and step parents Mahram?

Mahram, Step Relations and Related Matters

08 Jan

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

QUESTION: If a man and woman adopts a baby girl who the wife breastfeeds. Can he as the father through breastfeeding be the wali when this girl grows up?

Fiqh of Marriage, Step Relations and Related Matters

02 Nov

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.

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.

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