Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Q&A Is the Step Father a Mahram
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The girl's parents were divorced, the mother decides to remarry. So
she now lives with her mum.
And her stepfather does she have to cover in front of her
stepfather all the time is a stepfather, her mom does the
stepfather have to provide for the girl Islamically. Once a person's
once a girl's mother remarries and consume, it's that marriage.
That is like a father now, he becomes prohibited on her in the
sense that she can't marry him now, if he was even divorced from
her mother. So she is like his daughter in a sense now. So yes,
she is a Muharram which means that you don't have to cover as you
normally do, but you'd still be careful depending on the
situation. There's been many cases of stepfathers, right? And I'm not
judging anybody here but there's been many cases of stepfathers
abusing their stepdaughters. Right? It just depends on the
situation. And if you're safe, it should be fine because he is a
Muslim now to you, right haram for you to marry. And thus you know,
the hijab laws are relaxed, but still a person should be careful
in in general