Custody and Maintenance
114 questions
What is the ruling regarding a father's maintenance of his two minor daughters who reside with a disobedient (nashiz) mother, knowing that he covers their expenses and provides them with what suffices them?
Is the father entitled to take his daughter if the mother insists on divorce and desires an apartment separate from her husband's family?
Is it permissible, in Islamic law, to waive all due financial rights and the son's full maintenance in exchange for the ex-husband signing a document by which he relinquishes his right to the son's custody in the future?
Is the mother entitled to custody of her children and to move with them to her family's home, and is the apartment she used to live in her right, given the children's grandfather's rejection of the mother due to her personal characteristics, believing that these characteristics are transmitted through breastfeeding?
Does a triple divorce take effect on a wife who physically assaulted her husband, knowing that the husband swore an oath to that effect against her only with the intention of deterring her, then repented of his oath before the assault occurred?
What is the ruling on the maintenance and deferred dower of the wife in the event of her abandoning the marital home without her husband's knowledge and under the influence of her family, who desire her divorce, and what is the status of child custody in this situation?
Does a triple divorce, issued in a moment of intense anger with the intention of preventing the wife from entering the house, take effect, considering there was a previous divorce five years ago that was not witnessed? And does the wife deserve maintenance and custody in this situation, given that she is pregnant and about to give birth?
Why are my prayers not answered, and in fact the opposite of what I prayed for occurs, even though I have taken the means to ensure their answer? Am I "unlucky"? Is my selling of gold and spending my personal money on my treatment considered extravagance, for which I will be punished, and is expiation required? Is taking from my father's money without his knowledge forbidden or disliked?
What are the implications of this divorce regarding the 'iddah (waiting period) and maintenance, knowing that the wife received her Mahr five years ago and insists on the custody of the three young children?
What is the legal ruling for a wife who left the marital home and refused to return, claiming she does not enjoy marital intimacy, and what are her legal rights consequent to divorce?
What is the ruling on a divorced woman concealing her second marriage from her ex-husband, who still provides for their children, with the approval of her new husband, who does not provide for them?
Does the wife deserve legal maintenance if she refused to return to the marital home and filed four divorce cases, all of which she lost, while the husband has filed a case of obedience that has not yet been ruled upon?
Does the custody of the maternal aunt (khalah) fall if she marries the paternal cousin of the child in her custody, by analogy with the forfeiture of the mother's custody upon marrying a stranger? And is the maternal aunt (khalah) more entitled to custody than the father and his wife in this case? And are all the women mentioned in the order of custody according to the Hanafis more entitled than the father, and are they closer to him in degree? What about the accusation concerning the maternal aunt’s custody? And does the definition of custody as a right for whoever is responsible for raising the child apply to all those mentioned?
Is a divorced woman entitled to claim compensation for physical harm inflicted upon her by her ex-husband, and is she permitted to demand alimony after 16 years of marriage, even though the children are in the father's custody?
Is it permissible for the husband to divorce his wife and take custody of their two children, due to her leaving the house without his permission, her telling him "You are forbidden to me," her refusal to obey his commands to abandon bad company, saying "I do not acknowledge this" when reminded of Allah's right, in addition to her cursing his mother and him?
To whom does child custody go after the mother's death: to the maternal grandmother or to the father, and what is the method followed to prove the maternal grandmother's right to custody, and will the lawsuit be in her favor under the aforementioned circumstances?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a husband who is unable to be just between his two wives, and faces difficulties in providing for the children of his second wife whose fathers do not provide for them, and is he obligated to respond to the requests of the second wife who does not wish to move in to live with him permanently?
Is it permissible for a woman to take money or a replacement after her jewelry is lost at the maintenance shop?
Does the rebellious wife (nashiz), who receives maintenance for herself and her son from a foreign country, have the right to demand child support from the husband, especially if she exploits the laws of that country to live with the children without the father?
Is it forbidden for a wife to remain in her husband's home after he has divorced her – despite his threats to kill her – and what are the rulings on an irrevocable divorce, and is she entitled to custody of her children?
What is the ruling regarding the custody of a girl, 11 years old, after the third divorce, and what is the amount of alimony for the wife alone or if she has custody of the child?
What is the ruling regarding the maintenance of children if the father returns to his home country, while the wife refuses to return, and the father is unable to provide for them due to the difference in wage levels?
What are the conditions and reasons that permit a husband to divorce his wife without maintenance while retaining custody of the children? Is the wife's moral corruption one of these reasons? And how is divorce carried out in these cases; is it by the husband or the judge?
Is it obligatory to provide housing or compensate for the value of housing for a divorced wife who has a daughter, given that the father provides for the daughter?