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Are the husband's children from his new wife considered maharim to the woman he contracted marriage with but did not consummate, and then divorced her?

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Once the father marries a woman, she becomes a forbidden relative (mahram) to his sons from other wives, and consummation of the marriage is not a condition for this. This differs from the case of a daughter, who only becomes forbidden to a man if he has consummated his marriage with her mother.

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