Title: Can a Person Marry a Girl With Whom His Father had a Relationship in the Past? Question: Can a person marry a girl with whom that person's father has committed adultery sometime in the past? Answer: The Qur'an has prohibited a person's wife for marriage to the son of that person. This prohibition shall apply only to the lawfully wedded wife of that person. No prohibitions follow any extra-marital relationships of a person. However, if one knows that the person with whom one is considering marriage has had a relationship with one's father or mother, it would be advisable to avoid such marriage, in view of the socio-psychological implications that may follow from such a marriage. Nevertheless, such marriage cannot be termed as prohibited in the Islamic Shari`ah . Marriages that are prohibited in the Shari`ah because of other relations are only prohibited in case such other relation (due to which marriage has been prohibited - like father's wife, mother's husband, son's wife or daughter's husband etc.) truly exists or existed in the past. 5 th January 2000