not mentioned in the verse. The Qadi said: He only narrated the opinion of Sa'id ibn Jubayr but did not adopt it (36). It is explicitly stated in the narration of al-Marwadhi that he is a mahram (unmarriageable kin) and it is permissible for him to travel with both of them (37). He said, in the narration of Abu Talib: The moment he concludes the marriage contract, his mother-in-law becomes forbidden to him; therefore, he may look at her hair and her charms. She is not like the one with whom he commits adultery; for it is never permissible for him to look at (38) her hair, nor at any part of her body, as she is forbidden to him.

Section: As for the mother of the woman with whom one has committed adultery and her daughter, it is not permissible for him to look at them, even if marriage to them is forbidden; because their prohibition is due to an unlawful cause, thus it does not result in the permissibility of looking, like the woman prohibited by li'an (imprecation). Likewise, the daughter of a woman with whom one has had intercourse by mistake, and her mother, are not among his unmarriageable kin. Similarly, an unbeliever is not a mahram for his Muslim female relative. Ahmad said regarding a Jew or a Christian whose daughter became Muslim: He may not travel with her, he is not a mahram to her. The apparent meaning is that he meant he is not a mahram to her in the context of travel, whereas regarding looking, she is not required to observe hijab before him; because Abu Sufyan came to Medina while he was a polytheist, and he entered upon his daughter, Umm Habibah. She folded the bed of the Messenger of Allah - peace and blessings of Allah be upon him - so that he would not sit upon it, and she did not observe hijab before him, nor did the Prophet - peace and blessings of Allah be upon him - command her to do so (39).

Section: A woman's slave is permitted to look at her face and hands; due to the saying of Allah the Exalted: {or what their right hands possess} (40). Umm Salamah narrated that the Messenger of Allah - peace and blessings of Allah be upon him - said: "If one of you has a mukatab (slave under a contract of manumission), and he possesses what is required to pay off his contract, then let her observe hijab (41) from him (42)." Al-Tirmidhi said: This is a hasan sahih (good, authentic) hadith. From Abu Qilabah, he said: The wives of the Prophet - peace and blessings of Allah be upon him - used to not observe hijab from a mukatab.