Choosing a Spouse
157 questions
The doctors have proven my infertility. Should I get married, and what is the religious ruling?
Is it obligatory for a girl to separate from her fiancé due to intellectual and cultural differences between them, and their incompatibility on fundamental issues such as procreation, and his persistent desire to discuss intimate relations, or should she compromise her desires and complete the marriage with him?
Does the humble financial situation of a girl's family affect the Islamic ruling on accepting her marriage proposal?
What is the ruling on a wife's failure to adorn herself for her husband, coupled with indifference in all private and public matters?
How is it possible to reconcile rational thinking in choosing a religious and moral partner with the absence of strong feelings towards him, especially when there is a prior emotional attachment to someone else?
What is the ruling on messaging an engaged girl and giving her the choice between her fiancé and the questioner, or hinting to her that his affairs are easy and that he wishes to propose to her, given the permissibility of her breaking off the engagement and choosing him? And would marrying her in this situation be considered forbidden?
Is it permissible for a man to enter into a Misyar marriage without the knowledge of the girl's family (guardian)? And is it permissible for him to move between women for the purpose of what is lawful, and a girl for the purpose of money? And does a man inciting another to marry a second wife constitute takhbib?
Is it permissible for the wife to insist on knowing her husband's phone passwords and to boycott him until he agrees, and what is the ruling concerning a wife who accuses her husband of committing an evil deed without proof and quarrels with him based on this?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding parents' refusal of their son's marriage to his maternal aunt's daughter, who suffers from lupus erythematosus, and their desire to marry him to other female relatives whom he does not desire, knowing that the son wishes to marry his maternal aunt's daughter and fears incompatibility with the others?
Is a relationship that began with an online acquaintance, then developed into a promise of marriage after three years and a request for personal photos, considered a wrong start to a marital relationship, and how can one inform the family about such a future commitment, especially if the young man is from a different country?
Is it permissible to accept a suitor for my sister, even though he sometimes misses Fajr prayer and needs to review the Qur’an?
What is the religious ruling on a wife who treats her husband with contempt and disdain, especially during marital relations, and does not greet him with "peace" (Salam), despite fulfilling her household duties and raising the children? Is this considered divine punishment for the husband, or expiation for sins, and to what extent is it permissible for the husband to give his wife a general power of attorney that places the 'isma (right to initiate divorce) in her hands, while the husband commits to all her legitimate rights, after 34 years of patience?
What is the ruling on refusing to marry a suitor due to his unattractiveness? And what should one do who refuses for this reason?
What is the ruling on a husband kissing his wife's foot, or vice versa?
Is it permissible for a wife to seek divorce because her husband does not entrust her with his private papers?
How can an elderly person achieve a balance between not overthinking marriage and not despairing of it, and should they pray with absolute certainty of an answer, or does certainty that God will grant what is good contradict ambition?
Is the statement of a male relative who has not proposed that he does not outwardly perceive an inclination towards the questioner considered a sign of a turning away after performing Istikhara? And is it permissible to supplicate that Allah put love for the questioner in his heart after performing Istikhara?
Is it permissible to supplicate that the male supplicant be destined to marry his divorced female cousin, who was divorced irrevocably with a minor divorce?
What is the ruling on the marriage of a woman suffering from schizophrenia to a man who is an alcoholic, does not fast, and does not pray, after her divorce from her first husband who used to curse the Divine Being, knowing that the first divorce was legally but not Shariah-wise approved, and the second marriage is civil and not Shariah-wise registered?
What is your advice regarding dealing with a second wife who has retracted her pre-marital promises concerning housing, time, and childbirth, causing great embarrassment?
Does a divorce occur if the wife forgets and leaves without her husband's permission, knowing that he told her: "You are divorced if you leave"?
What is the ruling on a conditional divorce whose condition, after its potential occurrence, neither spouse can recall?
What is the difference between lineage (hasab) and ancestry (nasab), and how do we reconcile the prohibition against boasting about one's lineage with the command to choose a spouse of good lineage?
Is it permissible for a woman to take birth control pills before marriage to avoid pregnancy in case the marriage does not continue? Is she obliged to inform her husband about this on the wedding night? Is it permissible to use these pills for this reason in the first year of marriage?