{"id":6711,"date":"2024-07-10T07:43:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/marriage-with-former-mother-in-law\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T21:49:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:49:32","slug":"marriage-with-former-mother-in-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/marriage-with-former-mother-in-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriage With Former Mother-in-law"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>In the eyes of Shari`ah, can a man marry his mother in law after divorcing his wife ?<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>According  to the Islamic Shari`ah one\u2019s mother in law is not allowed for marriage  even after the death of one\u2019s spouse or after divorcing her.<\/p>\n<p>The Qur\u2019an says:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"q_en\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And  marry not women whom your fathers married \u2013 except what has been  done  in the past: it was shameful and odious \u2013 an abominable practice  indeed.  Prohibited to you [for marriage] are your mothers, daughters,  sisters,  your maternal and paternal aunts, the daughters of your  brothers and  sisters; your mothers who have suckled you and your  sisters through  fosterage, the mothers of your wives, your  step-daughters raised under  you born of your wives with whom you have  lain \u2013 no offence if you have  not lain with their mothers, and the  wives of your begotten sons, and  two sisters in wedlock at the same  time, except for what has already  happened. God indeed is  Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. Also [prohibited  are] women already  married, except those whom your right hands possess;  this is a written  obligation upon you from God. (4:22-4)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thus  according to the verse the mother of one\u2019s spouse is always prohibited  for marriage even after one divorces pne&#8217;s wife. 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