What does Mahram mean?
A relative one can never marry, and in whose presence hijab is not required.
Mahram explained
A woman's mahrams are her father, brothers, sons, uncles, nephews, grandfathers, father-in-law and sons-in-law, and those related by nursing. The Quran lists them in Surah an-Nisa and Surah an-Nur.
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Questions about Mahram
What does Mahram mean?
Mahram (مَحْرَم, Mahram) means: A relative one can never marry, and in whose presence hijab is not required.
How is Mahram written and pronounced in Arabic?
It is written مَحْرَم and pronounced Mahram.
Where does Mahram come from in the Quran or hadith?
A woman's mahrams are her father, brothers, sons, uncles, nephews, grandfathers, father-in-law and sons-in-law, and those related by nursing. The Quran lists them in Surah an-Nisa and Surah an-Nur. Source: An-Nisa 4:23; An-Nur 24:31.
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