A lawyer defended "Mahmoud Abdel Ghafar," who was accused of marrying his ex-wife's mother. "Mahmoud Abdel Ghafar" married his ex-wife's mother, did not consummate the marriage, and then divorced her with a religious officiant. Mahmoud later went back to the officiant to marry his ex-wife's mother, and the marriage was conducted by the officiant as reported in Akher Sa'a newspaper on February 22, 1950.
Mahmoud was surprised when the public prosecutor summoned him and his wife for questioning after some time post-marriage. The lawyer stated that in the book "The Comprehensive Collection of Quranic Rulings," it is narrated from "Ali Ibn Abi Talib" that marrying girls without consummating the marriage does not prohibit marrying their mothers, and this fatwa was supported by "Muhammad Ibn Al-Hasan Al-Asfahani" in one of his books.
The lawyer raised his voice in the courtroom, saying: "How can we condemn this simple, uneducated farmer who doesn’t even know how to write his name? Where are our consciences, dear counsel?" According to Akhbar Al-Youm newspaper. The judges were astonished by the daughter's stance when she stated in their presence that she was pleased with her mother's marriage to her ex-husband. Both Mahmoud and the mother admitted that they did not know this marriage was forbidden.
