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    Question ID: 16660Country: Pakistan

    Title: MY FIANCEE'S MOTHER DIED LONG AGO, AND THEN HER FATHER MARRIED AGAIN. BUT MY FIANCEE WAS BROUGHT UP BY HER UNCLE. SO IS MY FATHER IN LAW'S SECOND WIFE WHO IS MY FIANCEE'S STEP MOTHER A MAHREM FOR ME??

    Question: MY FIANCEE'S MOTHER DIED LONG AGO, AND THEN HER FATHER MARRIED AGAIN. BUT MY FIANCEE WAS BROUGHT UP BY HER UNCLE. SO IS MY FATHER IN LAW'S SECOND WIFE WHO IS MY FIANCEE'S STEP MOTHER A MAHREM FOR ME??

    Answer ID: 16660

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 1622/1286/L=1430)

     

    After marriage, the foster mother of your wife will not be mehram for you; you should observe purdah with her.

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India