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Mahram

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A mahram is an unmarriageable kin with whom marriage or sexual intercourse would be considered haram, illegal in Islam, or people from whom purdah is not obligatory or legal escorts of a woman during journey longer than a day and night, 24 hours. [1]

10 relations: Ḥ-R-M, Cousin marriage, Incest, Islam, Islamic marital jurisprudence, Milk kinship, Proxemics, Rada (fiqh), Sexual intercourse, Wet nurse.

Ḥ-R-M

Ḥ-R-M (Modern ח–ר–מ; ح–ر–م) is the triconsonantal root of many Semitic words, and many of those words are used as names.

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Cousin marriage

Cousin marriage is marriage between cousins (i.e. people with common grandparents or people who share other fairly recent ancestors).

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Incest

Incest is sexual activity between family members or close relatives.

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Islam

IslamThere are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or, and whether the a is pronounced, or (when the stress is on the first syllable) (Merriam Webster).

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Islamic marital jurisprudence

In Islamic law (sharia), marriage (nikāḥ نکاح) is a legal and social contract between a man and a woman.

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Milk kinship

Milk kinship, formed during nursing by a non-biological mother, was a form of fostering allegiance with fellow community members.

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Proxemics

Proxemics is the study of human use of space and the effects that population density has on behaviour, communication, and social interaction.

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Rada (fiqh)

Raḍāʿ or riḍāʿa (رضاع, رضاعة, "breastfeeding") is a technical term from Sunni Islamic jurisprudence meaning "the suckling which produces the legal impediment to marriage of foster-kinship".

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Sexual intercourse

Sexual intercourse (or coitus or copulation) is principally the insertion and thrusting of the penis, usually when erect, into the vagina for sexual pleasure, reproduction, or both.

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Wet nurse

A wet nurse is a woman who breast feeds and cares for another's child.

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Ghayr Mahram, Ghayr mahram, Maharem, Maharim, Mahrim, Non-mahram, Non-mehram.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahram

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