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Firstly: The son who is asked about here is regarded as a mahram for this woman, so she may shake hands with him and uncover in front of him as she uncovers in front of her mahrams, and it makes no deference that his grandfather is deceased.<\/p>\n
The way in which he is her mahram is that she is the wife of his grandfather on his mother\u2019s side. Permanently forbidden in marriage for a man are his father\u2019s and his grandfather\u2019s wife, no matter how far the line of ascent reaches, whether the grandfather is on his father\u2019s side or his mother\u2019s, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd marry not women whom your fathers married, except what has already passed; indeed it was shameful and most hateful, and an evil way\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n [al-Nisa\u2019 4:22]<\/em><\/p>\n It says in\u00a0Zaad al-Mustaqni\u2019<\/em>: The marriage contract makes the wife of the father and every grandfather a mahram.<\/p>\n Shaykh Ibn \u2018Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in his\u00a0Sharh<\/em>: The marriage contract is valid, and makes forbidden in marriage the wife of his father or grandfather, no matter how far the line of ascent reaches. Every woman who has been married by his father, even if he divorced her, is permanently forbidden in marriage to him, and the same applies to every woman who was married by his grandfather, whether on his father\u2019s side or his mother\u2019s. The evidence for that is the verse in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):<\/p>\n \u201cAnd marry not women whom your fathers married, except what has already passed; indeed it was shameful and most hateful, and an evil way\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n [al-Nisa\u2019 4:22]<\/em><\/p>\n If he marries her, that is worse than zina, because Allaah says concerning zina (interpretation of the meaning):<\/p>\n \u201cAnd come not near to unlawful sex. Verily, it is a Faahishah (i.e. anything that transgresses its limits: a great sin, and an evil way (that leads one to hell unless Allaah Forgives him)\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n [al-Isra\u2019 17:32]<\/em><\/p>\n But concerning this, Allaah says: \u201cindeed it was shameful and most hateful, and an evil way<\/em>\u201d. Marrying mahrams \u2013 Allaah forbid \u2013 is worse than zina. Hence many of the scholars were of the view that the one who commits zina with one of his mahrams, even if he is not married, is to be killed. There is a hadeeth concerning that in\u00a0al-Sunan<\/em>. So the wife of one’s father or grandfather, not matter how far the line of ascent reaches, is forbidden in marriage, whether on the father\u2019s side or the mother\u2019s, and Allaah has not stipulated that the marriage should be consummated etc, rather this ruling comes into effect by virtue of a valid marriage contract. End quote from al-Sharh al-Mumti\u2019<\/em>, 5\/198<\/p>\n This is a matter concerning which there is no difference of opinion among the scholars. Ibn Qudaamah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said, discussing the fact that a father\u2019s wife is a mahram: It is the same whether she is the wife of his father, or the wife of his paternal grandfather, or the wife of his maternal grandfather, whether near or far.\u00a0 There is no dispute concerning that among the scholars as far as we know, praise be to Allaah. End quote from\u00a0al-Mughni<\/em>, 9\/518, 524<\/p>\n Secondly:<\/p>\n With regard to kissing, she may kiss him so long as there is no risk of fitnah, and it is better to kiss him on the forehead or head.<\/p>\n Imam Ahmad (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about a kissing a mahram man. He said: If he has come from a journey and there is no fear (of fitnah). But it should never be on the lips, only on the forehead or head.<\/p>\n