Previous Marriage and Name
371 questions
Is the husband considered a liar and manipulative of religion for claiming marriage with the intention of divorce, and is the wife entitled to seek divorce based on that?
Does divorce take effect and the third repudiation count if the husband said to his son: "If you speak to so-and-so, then your mother is forbidden to me as if she were my sister, and she is divorced," and the son spoke to so-and-so, knowing that she has already been repudiated twice?
Are the two divorce pronouncements that occurred at the same time, one in the form "You are divorced" and the other in the form "You are divorced by three," counted as one divorce or three, taking into consideration a previous divorce pronouncement?
Is it permissible to marry a girl who was previously engaged to another person after the engagement was broken off, knowing that she was not comfortable with her fiancé, and will God forgive the previous relationship?
What is the ruling on marrying a Muslim woman who is a recent convert and has a child from a previous relationship, and will this child be a mahram to the questioner's sister and mother if they live together, and is it permissible for the questioner to adopt this child?
Does a divorce, which a suitor made conditional on his fiancée's admission of a previous relationship, take effect, and what is your advice to this girl who regrets the past and wants to open a new page with her husband?
Is it necessary to change the name "Natalia" after its owner converts to Islam, knowing that the name means "Christmas Day" and does not involve worship of other than Allah?
Does the third divorce occur in cases of dispute, duress, and compulsion, knowing that there were two previous oaths and a return (to the marriage), and that the wife wanted the divorce willingly?
Is it permissible for a religious former fiancé to propose to a girl who is currently engaged to someone else, whom she does not feel accepting of, out of fear that the marriage to the religious man will not be completed and the engagement will be broken off for a second time?
What is the ruling regarding a husband's statement to his wife, who fears the occurrence of divorce due to previous oaths, "That's it, go down to Egypt, and you are divorced," knowing that he was discussing with her the implications of the validity of her words about the divorce having occurred? And does this affect the continuity of the marriage?
Is it permissible to name the new-born child "Muhammad" after having named the fetus that died in the sixth month of pregnancy with the same name?
Is it permissible for a wife to request divorce from her husband, to whom she is contractually married but has not yet consummated the marriage, in order to return to her previous husband? And is her request considered an act of disobedience?
What is your advice to a young man about to get married, who fears that his first night will anger his Lord due to the prevalence of songs and dancing at weddings in Sudan? Is it permissible to bring songs, drums, and romantic poetry to this occasion, with the fear that dancing may occur? And what should he do if his fiancée listens to songs and he dislikes that?
Does a written oath that has not been uttered take effect, noting the existence of a previous membership that was suspended?
What is the ruling on naming female newborns with the aforementioned names, and what are their meanings?
Is repeating the triple divorce oath, after having sworn to divorce the wife threefold if she returns to a previous mistake, considered an irrevocable divorce, especially given the presence of four children and family pressures for reconciliation?
What is the ruling regarding a man who divorced his wife with a single revocable divorce, then took her back, and a month later told her over the phone: "You are divorced, divorced," and explained his intention that these were two divorces preceding a previous divorce? Is she considered irrevocably divorced with three divorces, such that she cannot return to him except after a tahlil marriage?
Does a divorce issued by a husband while in a state of extreme anger, knowing that he was bleeding, take effect? And does what the wife stated to the judge—that she is divorced every year and has been married for 19 years—affect the validity of the previous marriage?
Is the wife of one's paternal uncle considered among the relatives to whom one owes a duty of maintaining ties of kinship, and is limiting interaction with her to merely greeting and shaking hands considered a severance of kin ties or abandonment, which the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade if it exceeds three days?
What is the ruling on divorce without intention, and does it take effect if the husband utters it in a state of extreme anger, given a prior intention to divorce on a previous occasion, and his desire to reconcile with his wife to protect the family?
Does a divorce occur if a man swears by divorce to one of his wives that she will not leave the house, then divorces her, thinking she was the one who left, only to discover later that it was the other wife who left?
Is it permissible to receive another suitor after giving preliminary approval to see a previous one, and does the Hadith "None of you should propose marriage when another has already done so" apply to this situation?
Is it permissible for a mother to name her son after herself instead of his father's name, especially if the father is well-known and refused to provide proof upon his mother's request, then later returned to ask for the son to be registered under his name after the mother had already registered him under her name in another country that permits it?
Is a husband's divorce of his wife with the word "talik" or "taliq" without witnesses, but with the intention of divorce, and then taking her back without witnesses, considered a first and second legal divorce? Is it permissible to take her back after the third divorce in the same manner and before the 'iddah (waiting period) ends?