Previous Marriage and Name
371 questions
Does a girl's conversation with the young man with whom she previously committed adultery invalidate her repentance from adultery? Is her marriage to a righteous man valid? Is it necessary for her to inform her husband about what happened? Is it permissible for her to request that the Hadd be carried out on her in a country that enforces the Hadd?
What is the definition of Christianity and Nazarene, what is the difference between them, is Christianity a religion founded by Paul, what are the most important differences between the three Christian denominations, and what is a summary of the agreement of the Isa (Jesus) Symposium regarding the books of the New Testament?
Is it permissible for a Christian woman whose husband abandoned her and who then embraced Islam to marry a Muslim man, knowing that there is no Shariah judge to rule on the invalidity of her previous marriage?
Why was the Prophet's name, "Muhammad," mentioned in the Quran, while Jesus (peace be upon him) stated that the name of the Prophet who would come after him would be "Ahmad"?
Is marriage predestined like sustenance, meaning that one will only marry whom Allah has decreed for them, or does predestination mean Allah's prior knowledge and that the matter is by the choice of the spouses, and is the name of the husband or wife written before a person's birth?
Is it obligatory to change the name in official documents to the real father's name only upon marriage, or should it be changed in all professional, academic, and other transactions, and what is the importance of being attributed to one's real fathers in Islam?
Is a wife entitled to be arrogant towards her husband, disobey him, and be the one in charge of the household, using his financial loss as a pretext for this, while refusing to live with him in his home and instigating crises that led him to sell the house? And is it permissible for her family to justify her actions and overlook her previous comfortable life?
Is it permissible to go and see a girl for the purpose of marriage in her father's house, before making a decision regarding another previous one, and then to choose between the two?
What is the religious duty towards a father who abandoned his son forty years ago, never acknowledged him, and treats him harshly, knowing that his marriage to the mother was عرفيًا (customary/unregistered), and that the son carries the name of his grandfather (the father's father) in official documents?
Do the father's wife and daughter have a right to inheritance, given that the inheritance was distributed among the children from the mother and father before the father's marriage and before his death?
Is the name "Heidi" Islamically permissible, and what does it mean?
Is a woman considered divorced if her husband deserted her and left her in a state of suspension for 15 years without a formal divorce or judicial khul‘, and is the marriage of the questioner to her valid in this case, and what should he do?
Is a girl's reason for refusing a man's proposal—that he revealed the private matters of his ex-wife after their divorce—a convincing reason to reject him, even if this angers her mother?
Does the questioner feel guilt over her breaking off her previous engagement due to another suitor proposing, and has this caused her psychological distress despite her marriage and having children?
What is the legitimate way to return the house to my sister after I wrote it in my name, knowing that she will inherit from me, and her parents do not hold the country's nationality?
What is the ruling on repeatedly swearing an oath of divorce in a state of anger, and does the divorce take effect if the wife or children do not adhere to what was sworn upon?
Is a husband entitled to divorce his wife after discovering previous correspondence, illicit pictures, and conversations of hers, and his suspicion concerning her virginity, especially given that a medical examination proved her hymen to be elastic, and her family holds him responsible for accusing her?
Should I leave my fiancée and return to my ex-fiancée, whom I discovered is not a virgin due to a previous encounter, knowing that my family disapproves of her and that she was the one who left me previously?
Is it permissible to marry a committed young man who proposed to me, but my family refused him, and I fear falling into sin, especially since I am 25 years old and my father refuses to marry me off before I complete my studies?
What is the ruling on a person changing his name to obtain Saudi citizenship through his maternal uncle so that he can marry a Saudi girl whose family stipulates that their daughter's husband must hold Saudi citizenship?
Is the wife entitled to permanently house her adolescent children—13 and 15 years old—from a previous marriage in the marital home, given that they currently visit for two or three days each week?
Is their marriage considered valid, what are the consequences of the previous relationship, and must the husband be informed about it?
Must the questioner inform his future wife that he had a large cold sore (herpes simplex), perhaps herpes, knowing that it appeared only once and then disappeared, and that a dermatologist later diagnosed the condition as eczema?
Is the husband sinful for expelling his wife from the marital home and refusing to support her after her expulsion, and for refusing to allow her to return? And is he entitled to conceal his previous marriage and children when proposing to her?