What are the rights of a stepmother, and how should one deal with her if she fights the Sunnah and religious people, and rejoices in what people dislike about them, such as her statement: "The best thing the Algerian government has done is that it has managed not to fight religion but to alienate people from it"? And is a daughter's husband considered a mahram to her?
The father's wife is permanently forbidden to the son [for marriage]. He must maintain ties with her and treat her kindly even after the father's death. As for her maintenance and the maintenance of her servant, it becomes obligatory upon the son if the father is unable to provide it, and this is during the father's lifetime. If the father's wife fights against the and the religious people, then she must be advised and invited [to righteousness], and ties with her should be maintained without engaging with her in those matters. The husband of the father's wife's daughter is not a to the father's daughter, and he is permitted to marry her.
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