Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Q&A Is the Step Father a Mahram

			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