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Is the wife required to wear the hijab in front of her husband's father after the marriage contract or after consummation?

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The son's wife is forbidden to his father upon the mere conclusion of the marriage contract, whether the son is related by blood or by suckling, due to the Almighty's saying: "and the wives of your sons," and this prohibition is permanent by the consensus of scholars.

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