Details of Mahram Relations

D=Daughter; F=Father; H=Husband; M=Mother; O=Offspring=Son+Daughter; P=Parent; S=Son; Sb=Sibling=Brother and Sister; Si=Sister; Sp=Spouse; W=Wife Example: HFSbO Son = Husbands Father s Sibling s Offspring s Son
FP Brother

Orange background indicates Non-Mahram.

Brother

Green background indicates Mahram.

FM Father

FF Father

MF Father

MM Father

HFM Father

HFF Father

HMF Father

HMM Father

FP Brother

F Mother

F Father

M Father

M Mother

MP Brother

HFP Brother

HF Mother

HF Father

HM Father

HM Mother

HMP Brother

FS Husband F Sister F Brother

MS Husband Father
Mother M Brother M Sister

HFS Husband HF Sister HF Brother

HMS Husband H Father

H Mother HM Brother HM Sister

S Husband
FSb Son Brother WOMAN Sister MSb Son HFSb Son H Brother HUSBAND

HS Husband
H Sister HMSb Son

D Husband

HD Husband Si Son MSbO Son

FSbO Son

B Son

Son

Daughter

HFSbO Son

HB Son

H Son

H Daughter

HSi Son

HMSbO Son

BO Son

S Daughter

Sons Son

D Son

D Daughter

SO Son

HBO Son

HS Daughter

H Sons Son

HD Son

HD Daughter

HSO Son

SD Son

SS Son

DS Son

DD Son

HSD Son

HSS Son

HDS Son

HDD Son

In front of 1 Husband

May be revealed Must be covered Recommended Should not reveal the private parts Entire body Nothing unnecessarily Entire back; abdomen till knees including both If the woman is very old (>60 years), she may reveal these may-berevealed organs in front of nonMahrams and strangers as well.

2 Mahram relations Head and its and other hair, face, neck, breast, arms, women palms,shank, feet

3 Non-Mahram relations
4 Total Strangers

Face, palms

Nothing

Entire body except face and palms Entire body

In case of necessity, face and palms may be revealed.

Limits of organs to be covered for man: In Salh: From the navel to the end of knees, including both. Female: In Salh: Limits of organs-to-be-covered for a free woman: entire body excluding the face, palms and feet

Rulings of Satr for women

If sexual desire is involved, then the man should not look at any part of a womans body in cases/rows 2, 3 and 4.
The outer garments should be large enough to hide all the organs-to-be-covered and loose-fitting enough to cover even the shape, and highs and lows of those organs.

Non-Mahram: Some examples cousin (offspring of parents siblings), husbands brother, sister s husband, husbands sister s husband, mother s sister s husband, father s sister s husband, husbands parents brother, husbands parent s sister s husband, husbands sibling s son, etc.
Mahram: Present husband, father, parent s father, parent s brother, husbands father, son, offspring s son, husbands son from some other wife, daughter s husband, brother, sibling s son; any other person with whom marriage is prohibited forever; Small children below the age of adolescence (usually less than 10 years)
Source: Hall o Harm by Mauln Khlid Saifullh Rahmn (p. 187-188); Shara' Parde ki Haqqat by Muft 'Abdur Rahmn Bannr (p.2-3)