𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒉𝒓𝒂𝒎?

~ 𝐌 𝐀 𝐇 𝐑 𝐀 𝐌 𝐒 ~


𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒉𝒓𝒂𝒎?
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒉𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐, 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒉𝒓𝒂𝒎.

You are permitted to have any type of communication with your mahrams.
Women can adorn herself without her hijab, ONLY infront of her mahrams.
There's no limitations for touching or hugging but modesty is a part of Imaan. Thus anything lustful is haram with anyone except your spouses.

Awrah for mahrams;
Everything between the chest and knee.

Categories.

1. Mahrams by blood ties.
2. Mahrams by breastfeeding.
3. Mahrams by marriage.
4. Temporary prohibition of Nikah.
5. Non mahrams or ajnabi.
6. Halal.

(In a woman's point of view)

1. Mahrams by blood ties.

• Father, father's father, mother's father and all forefathers.
• Brothers, siblings' sons and so on.
• Father's brother / paternal uncle.
• Mother's brother / maternal uncle.
• Sons, their sons and so on. (Grandsons)

It is no sin on them before their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their brother's sons, or the sons of their sisters, or their own (believing) women, or their (female) slaves. And (O ladies) have Taqwa of Allah. Verily, Allah is Ever All-Witness over everything.)
( Al Qur'an 33:55)

2. Mahrams by breastfeeding. (Fosters)

• Foster / breast fed mother's husband (similar to own father) and their forefathers.
• Foster mother's sons, her children's sons and so on.
• Foster mother's brother.
• Foster father's brother.

3. Mahram by marriage.

The following will remain mahram permanently even though we part by divorce, death or annulment of Nikah contract.

• Husband's father, his father and forefathers.
• Mother's husband
• Mother's sons, her children's sons and so on.
• Husband's sons, his children's sons and so on.
• Daughter's husband, his sons, his children's sons and so on.

4. Temporary prohibition to marry.

The following categories of women are prohibited for men to marry temporarily based on marriages.

• Wife's sister and her aunt.

If a man parts with his wife by a divorce, death or annulment of Nikah contract, he is allowed to marry his wife's sister or aunt.

"Forbidden to you (for marriage) are; your mothers... and two sisters at the same time."
(An nisa 4:23)

Dear sisters, note that although your sister's husband can't marry you, he doesn't become your mahram. The same rulings of non mahrams apply here too. A woman should fear her brother in law, similar to death.

• Another man's wife.

A man cannot marry another man's wife as long as she hasn't parted from her husband by a divorce, death or annulment of Nikah contract.

There's no one that's temporarily unable to marry for a woman. She can marry any of her non mahrams, one at a time

5. Non mahrams - Ajnabi

Everyone else that is not mentioned in any of the above categories is a non mahram.
It includes the following too (in a woman's point of view)
• Cousin brothers (parents siblings' sons), their sons and so on
• All cousin's sons and so on.
• Aunt's husband, their brothers, sisters' husbands and forefathers.

We are totally prohibited to have ANY form of communication or contact with non mahrams unnecessarily, including touching or shaking hands. Women should completely cover herself, her adornment and abide to the hijab in the presence of non mahrams.
We can choose among this category, a suitable partner to marry and live halal.

Awrah for non mahrams;
- Complete body except that which is allowed to show for women. Complete hijab.
- The area between the naval and knee for men.

6. Halal.

Your spouse, which you legally completed the nikah contract with, is halal for you.
You are permitted to approach your spouse in any desired way. There's no limitations of awrah or communication.

"And tell the believing women to lower their gaze, and protect their private parts and not to show off their adornment except that which is apparent, and to draw their veils all over their Juyub and not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband's fathers, or their sons, or their husband's sons, or their brothers or their brother's sons, or their sister's sons, or their women, or their right hand possessions, or the Tabi`in among men who do not have desire, or children who are not aware of the nakedness of women. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And all of you beg Allah to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful.)"
(Al Qur'an 24:31)

"Forbidden to you (for marriage) are: your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your father's sisters, your mother's sisters, your brother's daughters, your sister's daughters, your foster mothers who suckled you, your foster milk suckling sisters, your wives' mothers, your stepdaughters under your guardianship, born of your wives unto whom you have gone in -- but there is no sin on you if you have not gone in unto them (to marry their daughters), -- the wives of your sons who (spring) from your own loins, and two sisters in wedlock at the same time, except for what has already passed; verily, Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.)"
(Al Qur'an 4:23)

May Allah protect us from Zinah and bless us happiness only in the halal pure way.

Written by – Minha Zarook ❤