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    Question ID: 22284Country: India

    Title: let me know that the brother in law is mahram or not in the life time of real sister who is in valid nikah with him and also let me know the list of persons who are mehram for a female and a male respectively.

    Question: Assalamo alaikum Respected Mufti saheb let me know that the brother in law is mahram or not in the life time of real sister who is in valid nikah with him and also let me know the list of persons who are mehram for a female and a male respectively.

    Answer ID: 22284

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 832/589/L=1431)

     

    According to Islam, the brother-in-law is non-mahram for his sister-in-law; it is wajib for sister-in-law to observe purdah with him. A mahram is one with whom nikah is haram forever i.e. brother, nephew, etc.

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India