Prohibited Degrees of Relationship
PROHIBITED DEGREES OF RELATIONSHIP
Extract from Manual on solemnization and registration of marriages
It is pointed out:
- that a man may marry the sister or any female relative of his deceased or divorced wife, except an ancestor of descendant of such wife; and
- that a woman may marry the brother or any male relative of her deceased or divorced husband, except an ancestor or descendant of such husband after Iddat (waiting period).
As a guide it is mentioned that it is not lawful for a man to marry any person mentioned in column (1) or for a woman to marry any person mentioned in (2)
|
One (1) |
Two (2) |
| Mother | Father |
| Daughter | Son |
| Father’s mother | Father’s father |
| Mother’s mother | Mother’s father |
| Son’s daughter | Son’s son |
| Daughter’s daughter | Daughter’s son |
| Sister | Brother |
| Wife’s mother | Husband’s father |
| Wife’s daughter | Husband’s son |
| Father’s wife | Mother’s husband |
| Son’s wife | Daughter’s husband |
| Father’s father’s wife | Father’s mother’s husband |
| Mother’s father’s wife | Mother’s mother’s husband |
| Wife’s father’s mother | Husband’s father’s father |
| Wife’s mother’s mother | Husband’s mother’s father |
| Wife’s son’s daughter | Husband’s son’s son |
| Wife’s daughter’s daughter | Husband’s daughter’s son |
| Wife’s son’s wife | Son’s daughter’s husband |
| Daughter’s son’s wife | Daughter’s daughter’s husband |
| Father’s sister | Father’s brother |
| Mother’s sister | Mother’s brother |
| Brother’s daughter | Brother’s son |
| Brother’s brother’s daughter | Brother’s brother’s son |
| Brother’s son’s daughter | Brother’s daughter’s son |
| Sister’s daughter | Sister’s son |
| Sister’s sister’s daughter | Sister’s son’s son |
| Sister’s son’s daughter | Sister’s daughter’s son |
Courtesy: www.everymuslim.co.za
