Is the stepmother considered a forbidden degree of kinship (mahram) to her stepdaughter's husband?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
The husband of a father's daughter is not a to his wife's father's wife, because there is no reason for mahramiyyah (prohibition of marriage due to close relation) based on lineage, affinity, or suckling. Mahramiyyah applies to the wife's mother herself. It is not permissible for the father's wife to uncover herself in front of her husband's daughter's husband, nor to sit with him unless there is a mahram or another person present with them.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/5930
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 5930
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy