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530 What is a Mehram and who is a Mehram to a women?
Any woman with whom a man has a relationship that precludes (prohibits) marriage, is considered a Mehram to him.

These are considered Mehram because Allah (S.W.T) mentioned them in the Holy Quran: "And marry not women whom your fathers married, except what has already passed; indeed it was shameful and most hateful, and an evil way. Forbidden to you (for marriage) are: your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your father's sisters, your mother's sisters, your brother's daughters, your sister's daughters, your foster mother who gave you suck, your foster milk suckling sisters, your wives' mothers, your step-daughters under your guardianship, born of your wives to whom you have go in - but there is no sin on you if you have not gone in them (to marry their daughters), - the wives of your sons who (spring) from your own loins, and two sisters in wedlock at the same time, except for what has already passed; verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (An-Nisa 4:22-23)

All the man's female relatives mentioned in the above verses are considered his Mehram, because it is unlawful (Haram) for him to marry them, except the wife's sister mentioned last, who is not a Mehram because he can marry her if he divorces her sister, or if she dies. Reciprocally, if a woman is a Mehram to a man, such as her brother, her father, her uncle, etc. then he is a Mehram to her. All other relatives are considered non-Mehram and they fall under the category of strangers to her, except one's wife or husband who is also called Mehram.
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