Re: Islamic Ruling on marrying an uncle’s wife
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.