Is custody granted to female relatives who derive their claim through a male relative lacking custody rights?

Chapter on Who is More Entitled to Child Custody

Al-Mughni

Book of Maintenance (Nafaqāt)

Book 46 · Issue 2 · Bab 3

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Primary text

Custody is not granted to female relatives whose claim is established through someone who himself has no right to custody, such as the mother's maternal grandmother or the daughter of a maternal uncle or sister. Since the intermediary has no right, those further removed also lack the right.