Will My Stepson Become My Mahram When He Reaches Adulthood?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Will my stepson become my mahram when he reaches adulthood?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
A stepson is a mahram and will always remain a mahram for the stepmother.
Allah (Most High) said, “Do not marry former wives of your fathers—except what was done previously. It was indeed a shameful, despicable, and evil practice.” [Quran, 4:22]
A stepson is a mahram and will always remain a Mahram for the stepmother, even after the father’s death. However, if there is concern about inappropriate behavior, the stepson and stepmother should avoid being alone together and should not travel without the presence of another Mahram.
[Ibn ‘Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]
Who is a Mahram?
A Mahram is he with whom marriage is permanently unlawful, and this permanent unlawfulness/prohibition of marriage is established in three ways: The relationship of lineage, the relationship through fosterage, and the relationship through marriage. See the detailed link below.
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Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
