Custody and Maintenance
- What is the legal ruling on a husband abandoning his wife, and what are the consequences of her seeking divorce and leaving the marital home, and what is the ruling on maintenance for a five-year-old child in her custody?
- Is a divorce that takes place after the wife waives her rights to her husband in exchange for the divorce, and the husband's intention was not to deprive the wife of her rights, considered a revocable or an irrevocable divorce? And in this case, does the ruling depend on the husband's intention or the wife's?
- What is the ruling on a wife who left the marital home after an argument between her husband and her father, and her family refused to return her, then she requested a khulʿ (divorce initiated by the wife) without cause, and tried to humiliate her husband, then stipulated his humiliation for her return after 20 months, and refused the arbitration of the Imam? Is the husband sinful for not seeing his son, for whom he provides? And is he sinful if he takes the child from his mother after weaning using man-made laws? And is she considered divorced despite the husband's refusal to divorce and the absence of a legal reason?
- What is incumbent upon the brothers of a woman who has been irrevocably divorced with a major, irreversible divorce, and who has five children, regarding her and regarding her ex-husband who is negligent in providing for their expenses? And does she have an 'iddah?
- Are the children from the first wife entitled to their own accommodation, similar to their siblings from the second wife, and is the father's expenditure on his divorced wife and children in his home considered a favor from him or a duty upon him?
- Is it permissible for a man who is married to three women and has 15 children to marry a girl the age of his daughters or younger than them, and what is the ruling of the Sharia on that, and what are the obligatory rights of his three wives and daughters?
- What is the meaning of Nashiz (a disobedient wife) and divorcing a Nashiz, and is a Nashiz deprived of her rights such as the deferred dowry, maintenance, and the list of furnishings, and does her right to child custody fall?
- Can arrogance and insistence on abuse from a pregnant wife be due to prenatal depression? And should she be forgiven in the future for the sake of the child, and how can she be secured, and what is required of her for forgiveness? And is alimony obligatory for her until birth after she expelled the husband from the home, and must the deferred dower, child support, and custody expenses be paid for one year in case of divorce?
- Does seeking alimony after agreeing not to — constitute breaking a promise and entering into the characteristics of hypocrites, and is it similar to the Hadith: "The one who takes back his gift is like a dog that returns to its vomit"?
- What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a divorced man who deeded half of his apartment to the mother of his children and his ex-wife, for the purpose of getting her to return to his marital bond, but she refused to return, and then refused to give him back the half? Is it permissible for the divorced woman to keep it and claim her right to this half?
- What is the ruling on a wife continuing to live with a husband who does not pray, abuses drugs, is in debt, and lies, knowing that she hates him and curses him, but is holding onto him because of her children, and her father refuses to take her in with her children?
- Does the mother's custody of the two girls continue even if the husband becomes certain that the upbringing environment will not be properly Islamic, especially with the presence of a devious and lying maternal grandfather? And what is the age of the mother's custody for girls in this case? And how can the father avoid the negative influence of the grandfather on the girls' thinking and their religion? And how is the father's visitation with his daughters and their maintenance organized after divorce?
- Is the father obligated to provide for his three daughters who live with their divorced mother and she refuses to hand them over to him?
- Is a mobile phone message containing "You are divorced, divorced, divorced" considered one revocable divorce or three divorces, and can a lawsuit be filed against him to prove the divorce due to his refusal to issue the divorce certificate and his demand for the children, knowing that he has not paid their maintenance?
- What is the legal amount of child support for four children after the parents' divorce, given that their ages are 8 years, 4.5 years, 3 years, and 9 months, and that the mother is well-off?
- Did the husband wrong his wife by divorcing her due to her lack of commitment, and what are her rights after divorce according to Sharia?
- A woman betrayed her husband, so he divorced her. Does she have any rights?
- Is a husband obligated to divorce his non-Muslim wife according to Islamic law in his country, or in the courts of her country, given his fear that she would prevent him from seeing his daughter in the event of divorce, and would he be sinful for ceasing to provide for her, even though she is employed, out of concern that this might affect his daughter's upbringing?
- What is the ruling on a wife remaining with a husband who does not care for her or their children, is addicted to drinking alcohol, insults her and her family, and she is unable to seek a divorce due to not having a source of income for herself and her children?
- What is the ruling of the judiciary in a case where a father refuses to support and house his adult children (a university student daughter and a high school student son)? And is he compelled to provide for their maintenance?
- Does Fatwa No. 134074 apply in Egypt to the case of a Saudi man working in Saudi Arabia, who has a former wife in Egypt from whom he is khul’-divorced, and she refuses to give him their children (a 3-year-old male and a 6-month-old female), and she wishes to marry, and claims that the custody belongs to her mother, and requests 2000 pounds for the two children as alimony?
- Is an absent father, divorced and living abroad, obligated to provide child support and custody for his daughter living with her mother in Yemen, and what is the amount of such support in US Dollars or Qatari Riyals?
- What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding the custody of a child, and who has a greater right to it in the event that the mother had previously dealt with sorcery before her divorce, knowing that she is pregnant in Jordan and the father is in Saudi Arabia?
- What is the ruling regarding a wife remaining in her family's home for two and a half months without her husband's permission, while she is seven months pregnant, and refuses to return to the marital home unless her husband goes to bring her back, and is a "house of obedience" considered a suitable solution in this situation?