Does a man become permanently unmarriageable to the girl's mother if he has an Islamic marriage contract with her, and they have a legitimate private meeting (khalwa shar'iyya), but he does not consummate the marriage, and then they separate?
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The mother of the wife becomes forbidden [to marry] simply by the marriage contract with her daughter, according to the Almighty's saying: "and your wives' mothers," without stipulating consummation with the wife. This is the view of the majority of scholars.
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