What is the ruling of the Sharia regarding the ownership of a house registered in the name of the eldest daughter, and is it permissible for the father to demand the transfer of its ownership to his name, knowing that the mother contributed to the construction of a previous house with her salary, and that the son contributed a portion of the price of the current house, and that the father justifies registering the house in the mother's name previously as a means to evade taxes, and then retracts his gift, and does the mother have the right to demand compensation equivalent to her salary that she contributed to the construction of a previous house?
If the father disbelieves in Allah, this necessitates the annulment of his marriage to his wife, unless he repents while she is still in her waiting period (iddah). The Permanent Committee has issued a fatwa stating that cursing Allah the Almighty or cursing the Messenger (peace be upon him) is major disbelief and apostasy from Islam, and that abandoning prayer is major disbelief. In the event of the husband's disbelief, the wife must refuse to allow him to approach her until his case is decided by the court. As for the two houses, the first house fully belongs to the mother because she paid for it, and the second house belongs to the mother and the brother in proportion to what each of them paid. It is not permissible to register it in the father's name without their consent, as this would be a waste of their right. It is advised to try to involve wise people to counsel the father to repent and return to Islam.
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