AS-Salam Alaykum,
Is it permissible for a man to marry his uncle’s wife after their divorce? What would his rights be towards the kids, since they are his cousins? Thanking you. Allah’s blessing be on you.
Praise be to Allaah.
A man is permitted to marry the wife of his maternal uncle, if they divorce and after she has completed her ‘iddah (waiting-period after divorce). An uncle’s wife is not a mahram (close relative to whom marriage is permanently forbidden), so there is nothing wrong with marrying her. But it is forbidden for a man to have any kind of haraam relationship with his uncle’s wife. Shaytaan could make something that is bad appear attractive to them, so it is essential to exercise caution. Also, it is not permitted to make her hate her husband so that she will get divorced and one can then marry her. One should try to reconcile and reunite, not destroy and break up. In principle, it is better for the children to stay with their father and mother in one family unit, unless the interests of sharee’ah in this case dictate otherwise. If the worst comes to the worst, and they get divorced, and there is no suspicion about your role in all this, then there is nothing wrong with marrying the woman who has been divorced by your uncle. Your treatment of your uncle’s children (your cousins), if they should come under your care, should be fair and proper, based on the ties of kinship between you. If you treat them well, doing so sincerely for the sake of Allaah, then you will have a great reward from Him. And Allaah knows best.
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Wait a minute. If my Mamoon is dead (thank god that I dont have any maamoon so can give this example without much of ick factor), then I can marry my mumani? Is this some kind of a sick joke?
Wait a minute. If my Mamoon is dead (thank god that I dont have any maamoon so can give this example without much of ick factor), then I can marry my mumani? Is this some kind of a sick joke?
Depends. If you are a liberal in thinking, then you shouldnt be bothered as they can have their own opinion and liberals shouldnt be bothered about other people's opinion. If you consider yourself a practising muslim, then better ask a known and respectable mufti of your own fiqh'. In Islam, Haram rishta has been defined. Other than that if you consider it to be disgusting, then dont go for it instead of speaking again Islam.
Wait a minute. If my Mamoon is dead (thank god that I dont have any maamoon so can give this example without much of ick factor), then I can marry my mumani? Is this some kind of a sick joke?
Not that outlandish really ... According to the Shafi' madhab it is permissible to marry the daughter of one's own ex-wife ... All madhabs make the relation of step-children or existing children haram for marriage they become mahram, but if the marriage is broken then according the Shari'is only the children's status also becomes void and they are free to be married to.
Not that outlandish really ... According to the Shafi' madhab it is permissible to marry the daughter of one's own ex-wife ... All madhabs make the relation of step-children or existing children haram for marriage they become mahram, but if the marriage is broken then according the Shari'is only the children's status also becomes void and they are free to be married to.
The above relation is more distant than that ...
don't know what to say, except that shafi was just a human
don't know what to say, except that shafi was just a human
It's Imam Shafi' (RA) ... He was a wali of Allah (SWT) in my opinion as were the other Imams.
You misunderstand me ... These are acceptable opinions within the world of Islam. You might be looking at this far too simplistically. Think that you are the eldest son of the eldest sibling from your parent's generation and then think your uncle is say about 5 to 10 years older than you ... If he married a person 10 to 15 years younger than him and they had no children ... Or if an elder uncle married his wife died and then he married again and he died leaving his younger widow behind who happens to be close to your own age ... no children ... So with all these variations a line must be drawn ... and it is drawn on the fact that woman has to be divorced before anyone can marry her. The opinion of Imam Shafi (RA) applies to the step-daughter but not the other fiqhs, but this marrying of the widow or divorcee of an uncle - I think it is allowed by all madhabs.
It's highly unlikely to happen ... but it is allowed.
It should be read as the person reading it is the subject and all positions are relative to the reader … the shadowed boxed are mahrams. Not shadowed are non-mahram’s … This chart does not include step relations or the divorced status, because in some cases according to some madhabs divorce changes the architecture of mahram … i.e. Although the chart shows the spouse of the auntie or uncle is non-mahram … this will change if that spouse is a nursing mother - and when married to the uncle or auntie she becomes pseudo mahram for some madhab’s but if and when the marriages breaks then that mahram designation drops, for others she never becomes mahram even during marriage of aunt or uncle. In the case of step-children for 3 out of 4 madhabs they remain mahram even if divorce takes place, but not for Shafi’s … that designation drops. According to my limited understanding.
Please read the quran. Direct blood relatives are not allowed i.e your phuphi, khala. The wife of your maama or chacha is not in the prohibited list. It might come as shock to most people. But there is a difference in marriagablity of different 'aunts'.
