Can I Marry My Grandmother’s Half-Sister?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Is it permissible to marry my grandmother’s half-sister from her father’s side? She is my great half-aunt, sharing a father with my grandmother, but not the same mother. Is marriage to her allowed in Islam?
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.
It’s not permissible to marry your grandmother’s half-sister. As you mentioned, she’s your grand-aunt, which makes her your mahram, a blood relative you can’t marry. [Al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya]
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 Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel has received a traditional education in various countries. He started his schooling in the UK and completed his hifz of the Quran in India. After that, he joined an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied secular and Aalimiyya sciences. Later, he traveled to Karachi, Pakistan, and other Middle Eastern countries to further his education. Mawlana has served as an Imam in the Republic of Ireland for several years and taught the Quran and other Islamic sciences to both children and adults. He also worked as a teacher and librarian at a local Islamic seminary in the UK for 12 years. Presently, he lives in the UK with his wife and is interested in books and gardening.
