Custody of children if a woman remarries

Q: I have three daughters (ages 3, 5 and 8) from my ex-wife. If she remarries someone who is not her mahram, how would custody of the children work?

A: She will lose the right of custody and then it will move on to her mother.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)