mahram

In Islam, a () is a family member with whom marriage would be considered permanently unlawful (haram). A woman does not need to wear hijab around her mahram or spouse, and an adult male mahram or husband may escort a woman on a journey, although an escort may not be obligatory.

==Overview== ===People with whom marriage is prohibited=== permanent or 'blood mahrams include: all direct ancestors all direct descendants siblings siblings of parents, grandparents, and further antecedents children and further descendants of siblings in-law mahrams''' with whom one becomes mahram'' by marrying someone: all the ancestors of one's spouse all the descendants of one's spouse all who marry a direct ancestor all who marry a direct descendant (A woman may marry her stepfather, but only if the stepfather has not consummated his marriage to her mother.) Rada or "'milk-suckling mahrams'''" with whom one becomes mahram'' because of being nursed by the same woman: foster mother foster sibling