Is it permissible to marry the mother of one’s stepfather’s second wife, and what is the Shar‘i (Islamically lawful) term for the mother of the wife, along with the proof?
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It is not forbidden for a man to marry his paternal wife's mother, because there is no text prohibiting it, and because she is not among the women forbidden in the Qur’an and . The scholars have stated this.
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