Previous Marriage and Name
371 questions
Does a man's marriage to a mature orphaned girl who committed adultery at the age of nineteen, and who wishes to repent and be veiled, and whom this man helped commit to religious observance and convinced to wear the hijab and obey God, count as deeds for which he will be rewarded?
Is the two-rak'ah prayer for marriage obligatory or recommended, and where should the wife stand when praying in congregation, and should the supplications "O Allah, I ask You for her goodness" and and "In the name of Allah, O Allah, keep Satan away from us" be recited aloud or silently, and when should these supplications be recited, and is it permissible to postpone intercourse after the prayer and supplication until the wedding night?
Does a divorce take place if a man says, "I have divorced her," without referring to his wife or uttering her name?
Is it permissible for a woman who has children from a previous marriage to marry another man on condition that he does not spend the night at her home and does not inform any of his acquaintances or family members about this marriage?
Do the common words "Are you drifting off in any matter?" said by the husband to his wife, constitute a divorce, even though he did not intend divorce, according to the different jurisprudential schools of thought? Can this result in the previous ruling of ẓihār that the husband swore before his marriage? Is it permissible to adopt the fatwā of Ibn Hajar al-Makki that the word "Go adrift" is a metaphorical expression (kināyah)?
Should one divorce his wife amicably, or keep her as a wife, taking into account her suffering from a mental illness, her repeated lying about her previous social status, the ongoing marital problems, the family disputes, and the repeated attempts at divorce?
Is a girl's statement "I marry myself to you" to a religious scholar and well-known figure, and his statement "I accept," considered a legitimate marriage, despite the parents' rejection and the age difference? What is the ruling on communication and physical relations that did not include intercourse, and is it obligatory to please the parents in this situation?
What is meant by attributing an illegitimate child to his mother in official documents? And what is Islam's view on the suffering of this child who is without sin? And does his saying, peace and blessings be upon him, "And for the adulterer is the stone," mean stoning the adulterer? And what is the relationship between this hadith and the lineage of the child?
Is it permissible to divorce one's wife before consummating the marriage, due to the husband's feeling of indifference towards her and his remembrance of his previous wife? And is this considered an injustice to the wife, given that she has committed no wrong?
Is the girl whom the questioner loves considered unsuitable for him, after he supplicated that God not bless him with a righteous wife if he were to repeat masturbating, and then he repeated it?
What is the ruling on conditional divorce, and is it considered a third divorce after two previous divorces have occurred?
Is it permissible, in Sharia, for my wife not to help me financially during my hardship, knowing that I am the one who bought the apartment with my money and registered it in her name for her to relinquish it later, but she and her father refused that, and she says it is hers and demands a divorce and expels me from the apartment and neglects my rights, and refuses to sell the apartment to solve our financial crisis? And would I be unjust to her if I divorce her?
Can recurrent marital problems and relationships with other women after recovery from a previous spell of sorcery and marriage be due to an act of separation magic or are they a punishment from Allah?
Is the noble verse: "And it was not for you to harm the Messenger of Allah, nor to marry his wives after him ever" specific to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), or was this ruling also applicable to the wives of previous prophets?
Is it permissible to supplicate during prostration by saying: "O Ever-Living, O Self-Subsisting, grant me success," or "provide for me"? And is it permissible to say "O Ever-Living, O Self-Subsisting" in supplication generally? If it is not permissible, are the previous prayers unacceptable or valid?
Is it permissible for me to register my apartment in the name of my new wife and our children (if any), in order to protect them from my parents and their family after my death, especially since my children from my previous divorce took what was not rightfully theirs, and given that if I leave it to the legal inheritance, my wife’s share will not be sufficient to provide her with housing?
Is it permissible for the mother to stipulate to the father that the house be registered in her name, so that she agrees to his marriage to another woman?
Is it permissible for a stepmother to breastfeed her husband's nine-year-old son so that he becomes a brother to her sons and daughters from her previous marriage?
What is the ruling on one who said to his wife, "You are divorced a million times," after an argument, and does this divorce take effect?
What is the Sharia ruling regarding a husband who disappeared from his wife for about six months after their marriage, leaving her in limbo, knowing nothing about him? Is it permissible for her to marry another man after this abandonment, given that she cannot travel to file for divorce or annulment?
Is it permissible to reconcile with one's wife after her third divorce, knowing that one of the divorces was a khul' (divorce at the wife's instance) for compensation?
How can I be sure of the sincerity of a suitor's repentance, and will his past affect our marriage, especially given my previous experience with my father?
Does the husband's oath, "By God, it is forbidden for me to travel from you," take effect if he did not intend divorce, and by a previous oath of divorce without intending divorce?
What is the religious ruling on watching TV series that include swearing by Allah concerning unreal events, or playing the Qur'an merely for the requirements of a scene, or attributing fabricated events (such as death or wealth) to the will of Allah?