Custody and Maintenance
114 questions
Is it obligatory to provide accommodation for the wife after khul‘, and is it permissible to stipulate that the daughter's custody be in the wife's father's house, otherwise custody transfers to the husband?
Is a husband allowed to refuse to divorce his wife who is asking for a divorce to return to their home country, and to demand that she return the dowry and gifts if she insists on the divorce? And must he send additional money to his son if his wife is receiving sufficient government support for him? And is stopping financial support to pressure her to return to him considered wrong?
What is the father's right to child custody after divorce if he stops spending on them, and who is responsible for them if the father refuses divorce or spending?
Is it permissible to take money from the company's custody to cover the maintenance costs of the car used for work without the employer's knowledge, especially since its use saves the company large sums of money?
Is it permissible for a father to estimate a suitable monthly amount for his children's maintenance and deduct it from the value of his stolen money if the children's mother refuses to provide him with what she has spent on them, knowing that he wishes to give them the minimum legitimate maintenance and avoid falling short in his duty to God?
Is it permissible for a woman to remain in Australia with her child if her husband is unable to provide for her?
What is the ruling on ill-will and feeling that some legislations, such as the childcare wage, are unjust, and is this kind of thinking considered disbelief (kufr) or a sin?
What is the ruling on the money that was handed to the wife in front of the investigator after the husband acknowledged that it was her money and her children's money, and she is still spending from it on herself, her children, and the rent of the accommodation, given the ongoing appeal of the Khulʿ and custody rulings, and the fact that the husband is in prison and she has no provider?
Is the khul' (divorce initiated by the wife) practiced in Egyptian courts in accordance with Islamic law, especially given the negative consequences it entails, such as the husband being expelled from his home and deprived of raising his children, and is the "tamkeen" (enabling the wife to reside in the marital home after divorce) used in this situation lawful according to Islamic law?
What is the ruling regarding a second wife who manipulates documents, files lawsuits for dower and maintenance, abuses her husband, lives with her mother, refuses reconciliation, and does not care about divorce? Is her filing for divorce considered Khul‘ (a form of divorce initiated by the wife)? And to whom does the custody of the daughter go, given concerns about her upbringing due to the mother's behavior, educational level, and threats?
Is the money my ex-husband pays to cover my living, housing, and medical expenses, by order of the Canadian court, considered permissible (halal), knowing that I relinquished to him more than I needed?
Is it permissible for children to go with their mother after her divorce from their ill-tempered father? And is it permissible for them to travel to a foreign country to seek asylum without their father's knowledge in the event of a lack of financial support? And does the father have the right to be angry at their actions, knowing that their ages are (6, 9, 14, 15) and that one of them is contemplating suicide?
What is permissible and impermissible for the mother, Islamically and legally, if she requests divorce or Khulʻ, regarding the deferred and advance dowry, alimony, and child custody?
What is the ruling on a woman paying a private investigator to prove her husband's adultery before a judge, so that she may obtain a larger financial settlement in the divorce?
What is the ruling on a mother who leaves the marital home without a reason, files for khul' (dissolution of marriage), prevents the father from seeing his children, and benefits from their money? What is the ruling on spending the children's money on a lawyer? What is the ruling on one parent depriving the child of the other? And what is the age at which custody ends?
Is it permissible for a father to withhold financial support for his children if their mother prevents him from seeing them and participating in their upbringing, and if she has stripped him of his guardianship and authority over them by virtue of the positive law that grants custody to the mother until the age of 15?
What is the ruling on a wife resorting to the Swiss judiciary instead of Islamic law after her husband verbally divorced her, and her seizing more than her due and her maintenance, and her refusal of the divorce to prevent her husband from marrying another, knowing that her divorce has not yet been judicially finalized?
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