Custody and Maintenance
114 questions
What is the difference between alimony/maintenance (nafaqah) and custody (hadanah), and does alimony/maintenance fall if custody falls?
Is it permissible to divorce a wife who does not pray and who verbally abuses her husband's family, especially since she is pregnant and there are threats of murder if she is divorced?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding the position of a father in the sight of Almighty Allah if his ex-wife prevents him from seeing and having custody of his daughter, despite his resorting to the judiciary and his efforts to take her in, especially with her academic and living conditions deteriorating under the mother's care?
Does a divorced woman have the right to obtain a plot of land as compensation for being deprived of her children after her divorce, or can she pay for the land in installments in a manner that suits her financial situation?
What is the legal ruling regarding the continuation of a husband's financial support for his wife and son in the event of the wife's disobedience (nushuz), and what is the ruling on the actions of the wife's father in depriving the husband of his family? Does the husband have the right to claim compensation for the material and moral damages resulting from this, and what is the legal solution for child custody? How should the husband deal with his wife's request to resume marital relations while she is at her family's home?
Should a Muslim woman demand from her apostate ex-husband alimony for their daughter, and a division of the commercial workshop he had gifted to her when he was a Muslim, and is she entitled to divorce maintenance?
Does a wife who threw herself from the balcony and falsely accused her husband of attempted murder deserve custody of her 5-year-old son, knowing that she has not allowed her husband to see their son for 4 years, and does the wife's mother deserve custody of the child?
Is a wife's accusation of adultery against her husband in front of his family considered an act of slander, and is she entitled to seek divorce based on her claim of his betrayal, and what is the fate of the children, their maintenance, and their housing in the event the husband refuses to divorce and threatens to file a slander lawsuit?
Who is the legal guardian of four children (three girls and a 13-year-old boy) after the death of their father?
What is the ruling of Islam on a woman's customary "khulʿ" divorce in order to continue receiving child support, despite the father's demand for his daughter? Is that considered forbidden, and how should the father act according to Sharia?
What should a divorced woman do when she suffers from her children's rebellion, their bad manners, and their father's insufficient financial support, and she wishes to marry, while she has four children? Should she hand over all four children to their father, or should she keep the girls and send the boys to him, given her fear for their religious and psychological well-being due to their father's short temper and ignorance of jurisprudential rulings?
Is it permissible for a father to temporarily relinquish custody of his children to their mother after divorce, for ages 17, 13, and 11, and what is the amount of monthly maintenance due from him with a salary of 6000 UAE dirhams, and does he have other obligations?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a dispute between a Muslim husband and his Christian wife concerning the conversion of their son to Christianity, and the ensuing divorce, and to whom do the son's custody and expenses fall, and does the son inherit from his father?
What are the rights of a father who abandoned his children and married another woman as an act of revenge against their mother?
Is it permissible for a divorced woman who has no income and for whom the maintenance is insufficient to marry and leave her children with their father without sin?
What are the rights of a divorced woman? What is the amount of the 'iddah (post-divorce waiting period) maintenance? Does mut'ah (consolatory gift) maintenance equal 12 months' maintenance, commensurate with her usual standard of living? Is maintenance obligatory for a divorced woman during the period she is nursing a child who has passed the suckling stage?
What are the legitimate rights of a divorced wife who has custody of children, and do they include a monthly allowance for her and housing?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding demanding financial support from the husband for the past nine years and relinquishing custody of the daughter, while allowing him visitation rights, knowing that he abandoned his wife and daughter with her family for nine years without providing financial support or inquiring about them? And is it better to resolve the matter through mutual understanding or by resorting to the courts?
What is the legal ruling regarding the right of the child's paternal grandmother to see her grandchild, and is she entitled to take him to her home, especially if the father is traveling and not paying maintenance? And does this right cease due to the harm inflicted upon the mother by the grandmother and the father?
Is it permissible for a divorced woman to live with her ex-husband and his second wife in the same apartment that he owns, based on the Libyan custody law that stipulates this? And how can the husband reconcile between paying his debts and spending on a divorced woman?
What is the mother's duty towards her infant, and will she be punished if she falls short in matters such as breastfeeding and feeding due to negligence and laziness?
Is it a religious obligation to remain in a foreign country to be close to one's daughter, or is that not considered a requirement?
Is it permissible for a divorced mother who has custody of her children to take a small portion of the child support paid by the father for her own expenses, given that she has no other source of income?
Is it permissible to marry another man, and is the questioner considered divorced without a [divorce] certificate, and what is the ruling on the injustice inflicted upon her, given her husband's refusal to grant her a divorce decree, his demand that she relinquish all her possessions and the custody of her children, and his accusations of theft against her and her mother, after he divorced her several times by oath, deserted her, and deprived her of her children?