Marriage · Subtopic
Whom One May Marry
861 fatawa from 9 South African Darul Iftas on Whom One May Marry, part of Marriage. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
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Whom One May Marry fatawa — page 1 of 22
- Mufti Online18 Oct 2026
Male sleeping on the same bed with his mahram
After you become baligh, are you allowed to sleep with women that are old on the same bed but different duvets or the same duvet?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online6 Oct 2026
Woman keeping students at her home to earn an income
A couple used to host students studying as an income, where the students stay in the house and a cooked meal is provided and a place to sleep. The…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online20 Sep 2026
Son looking at his mother with lust
If a son sees his mother's butt and feels lust, does this cause hurmat e musahara, and make the mother haram for his father?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Sep 2026
Female travelling for umrah with one's male cousin
My khala and her 26 year old son are travelling for Umrah. My mom wants to go too. I am a 27 year old female. Can I accompany my mother? My brother…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood2 Sep 2026
Mahram-Status Of One’s Father’s Sister
A woman has a foi (her father’s sister)- Q1) Will the woman’s son be Mahram to the foi? Q2) Will the woman’s husband be Mahram to the foi?
Mufti Ahmed Saeed - Mufti Online10 Aug 2026
Mother-in-law hugging her son-in-law
I would like to know whether a mother in law can hug their son in law?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN5 Aug 2026
Status of a non-Muslim marriage if the wife accepts Islam?
Q. We live in Russia and I have accepted Islam but my husband has not yet said he is a Muslim. Is my marriage valid and can I marry another man?
Mufti Suhail Tarmahomed - Azaadville8 Jul 2026
The Age At Which A Boy Is Deemed Fit To Be A Mahram For Travel
If a boy is close to the age of Buloogh (puberty) , will he suffice as a mahram for travelling?
- Mufti Online18 Jun 2026
Boy expecting his wife to speak to non mahrams
I would like some guidance, recently a boy came to see my 18 year old daughter. The boy seems to be interested but my daughter says that she does…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood11 Jun 2026
Miscellaneous Mahram Queries
Q1) Does my 16 year old granddaughter have to observe Purdah for her grandmother’s brother? Q2) Is it permissible for a lady to marry her…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online2 May 2026
Marrying one's milk sister
I wanted to marry a girl but later they told me that her mother breastfed me once when I was less than one year. I researched about it and according…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online18 Apr 2026Roman Urdu
Nikaah se pehle saas ko choomna shahwat ke saath
Me apne nikaah se pehle apni saas kai sath gandi video chat krta rha aur aik dafa chooma but nikaah kai bad aesa koi relation nahi rha. Kia isse…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Camperdown18 Apr 2026
“Can I go for Umrah without a mahram if travelling with family?”
Im a mature girl yearning to go for umrah as My mother is going and her mahram will be her nephew (sister’s son). Will it be permissible for me to…
Baba Abu Bakr - Camperdown18 Apr 2026
“Is my niece’s son my mahram? (same father, different mothers)”
Salams, Is my niece son my mahram? My niece mother and I have the same father but different mothers my father had a few wives.
Abdour-Rahmaan Lim Voon Heek - MUBZ9 Apr 2026
Marrying One’s Second Cousin
My brother met a lady and they are interested in each other. However, it came to light that the lady is the daughter of an estranged cousin on the…
- Mufti Online31 Jan 2026
Looking at the face and hands of a non mahram without lust
Is it permissible to look at the face and hands of a non mahram if done without lust?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online11 Jan 2026
Milk brother's children and foster child being one's mahram
I'd like to know the following: 1. Is a woman's milk brother's children her mahaarim? 2. Are the children of your foster son your mahaarim?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online20 Nov 2025
Going for swimming lessons to pools with no segregation between men and ladies
What do our Ulama say about sending kids or youth or adults to swimming pools or gyms where there are mixed ladies and men with no segregation and…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Azaadville29 Oct 2025
How Hurmate-Musaaharah Is Established
There is a young man named Zaid. Within the extended family is a woman named Fatimah who has a daughter named Aisha. There families have a good bond…
- Mufti Online25 Oct 2025
Sunni girl marrying an Ismaili boy
Is nikaah between a Sunni girl and an Ismaili boy valid?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Oct 2025
Marrying a girl from a Qaadiyaani family
I like a girl that girl belongs to a Qadiyani family but she is a Muslim herself as she has claimed and even recited the kalima in front of me to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online30 Sep 2025
Woman travelling with her 12 year old nephew as her mahram
I am a 33 year old woman. I am the maternal aunt of my 12 year old nephew. Is it permissible for the both of us alone to perform umrah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online30 Sep 2025
Woman travelling with a mahram from the time she commences her journey
A woman who is taking a plane to Johannesburg from Durban will become a musaafir once she leaves the town’s boundary. So does that mean a mahram…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Sep 2025
Adopted girl travelling with her foster mother's brother
An adopted girl aged 39 would like to embark on Umrah with her foster mother's brother, as she does not have a mahram. Will it be permitted as she…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online21 Sep 2025
Woman travelling without a mahram
Please advise on the following situation: My wife has one sister, who is younger than her and unmarried. Their mother passed away last year. Her…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online20 Sep 2025
Breastfeeding one's nieces or nephews
1. If I breastfeed only one of my brother's children, will my children be mahram to all of his children or only the child that I fed? 2. Is it…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online20 Sep 2025
Nikaah with a woman who is still in her first husband's nikaah
I recently got married but we are now finding out that the girl did not get talaq from her first husband and the girl relied on a civil divorce to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online16 Sep 2025
Arm wrestling with non mahrams
About 7–8 years ago, when I was newly married (around 1 year of marriage), my husband suggested we do arm-wrestling for fun. With his permission, I…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Sep 2025
Travelling as a mahram for one's sister in law
I am Hanafi and I plan to travel soon for umrah with my wife, my wife's sister and my mother in law. I would like to find out if I can be regarded…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online23 Aug 2025
Iddat for a revert woman previously married to a Hindu
Few months back my very close friend started to like a Hindu girl (who is married to a Hindu with 1 child). Me and 1 more common friend knew about…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online26 Jul 2025
Nikaah of children whose parents were involved in a haraam relationship together
If a man and a woman had sexual contact with each other, if their children want to marry each other in future, can they get married?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online22 Jul 2025
Mahrams in a foster family after nikaah
1. A woman has a foster family. Are her husband and children Mahaarim to the foster mother, etc.? 2. I've heard that if a woman takes lactation…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Jul 2025
Purdah between non-mahram males and females
My friend [24f] makes parda from her brother in law [17m]. However her father's first cousins is her husbands maternal uncles and she doesn't make…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online8 Jul 2025
Mother in law living in the same house with the son in law after his wife passes away
If the wife passes away, can her mother live in the same house with the son in law as she has to take care of the children?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Jul 2025
Fearing hurmat-e-musaaharah for illicit speech with one's mother in law
Will hurmat e musaharat be established only by verbal communication with one's mother in law?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Jul 2025
Relationship between daughter and stepfather
Can you please advise me on the following matter: A girl was married and is now divorced from her husband. There was a child (female) from that…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Jul 2025
Getting married at the age of 17
I am 17 currently and I live in England. I like someone and he is 20 years old. We want to get our Nikah done as soon as possible but in the UK…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online29 Jun 2025
Biological parents having a greater right over a person compared to his foster parents
I have a question regarding milk parents. I was conceived by my biological parents with the intention of being adopted by my aunty (fathers sister)…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood12 Jun 2025
Young Male Qualifying As a Mahram
My son is turning 13 next month in Muharram. Does he qualify as a Mahram for travel by flight to the next province?
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online9 Jun 2025
Hurmat-e-musaaharah not being established by touching one's grandmother or uncle's wife
1. If a man touches his maternal grandmother with lust, does the marriage of his mother with his father break? 2. If a man touches his paternal…
Mufti Zakaria Makada
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