Mahrams

Q: If my mother had children out of wedlock, are these children considered to be my siblings according to Islam? Am I responsible for them as the older child. We have different dads but my mom was married to my dad.

Q: Is there purdah between a man and his wife's grandmothers?

Q: If a woman breastfeeds her adopted daughter through taking tablets to produce the milk, will the mahrams of the woman (father, brother, paternal uncles, maternal uncles) and the relatives of the woman's husband (father, brother, paternal uncles, maternal uncles) all become mahram to the adopted girl child?

Q: Is my father a mahram for my wife?

Q: Is my husband's son from a previous marriage a mahram to my daughter who is from a previous marriage?

Q: My question is can a male nephew live with his maternal uncle's family. My uncle has three daughters who are in primary school. Can you please let me know according to Qur'an and Hadith is it permissible for a male nephew to live with him in his house in his presence?

Q: Is my grandmother's mom's sister my mahram?

Q: My sister in-law has gone with her 6 month old son to her parent's house for a holiday overseas. My brother had gone to leave her. Is it permissible if my father (her father in-law) picks her up and brings her back home and be her mahram if her husband is tied up with work? Also, is her father in-law allowed to be her mahram when travelling?

Q: Is it possible to take my sister-in-law for hajj with me? She is a widow and the Quran says that we can't marry two sisters. Also we find that Hazrat Usmaan (Radiyallahu Anhu) got married to two daughters of Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam). Please confirm.

Q:

1. Is my father's big brother's wife my mahram? What about his daughter?

2. Can a woman see hes nephew in iddat?