Custody and Maintenance
246 questions
What is the ruling of Islamic law concerning a husband who neglects his wife, fails to fulfill his religious duties of maintenance and housing, betrays her, and lies to her?
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 a father who has neglected his family and whose financial and social conditions have deteriorated because of a woman whom some believe has bewitched him, and what should the son do about this?
What is the ruling on the action of a wife who left her husband's home to reside in a separate house she bought with her own money, taking one of her husband's children with her, and refusing to return to him despite the family's pleas, in order to secure her financial future due to not having children, after she had returned to work despite her husband's objection?
What is the ruling regarding a wife who refuses her husband's call to his bed?
What advice would you give to a couple if the husband told his wife not to visit her sick mother until circumstances allow, and the wife went without his permission?
Is a mother considered disobedient (nashiz) for leaving the house without her husband's permission and refusing to sleep with him due to his sexual impotence, knowing that she serves him and fulfills his other requests? Does this nullify her right to maintenance for clothing and medicine despite her illness, and what is the current status of their marriage?
What is the ruling of the religion on a husband abandoning his wife's bed for two years and betraying her, and the wife refusing to return to him based on the noble verse: "The fornicator does not marry except a [female] fornicator or polytheist, and none marries a [female] fornicator except a [male] fornicator or polytheist, and that has been forbidden to the believers," and what are his rights over her in this situation, given the difficulty of divorce and the presence of children?
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?
What is the ruling of Islam on a father who is able to provide but does not spend on his children and wife, preferring to spend on his parents and aunts, and then wishes to marry another woman, knowing that the older children are spending on their younger siblings?
Is it permissible, Islamically, for a wife to refuse her mother-in-law's stay in her home if her presence causes harm to the household and its stability, and is this refusal considered impelling the husband to sever ties with his kin and be undutiful to his mother?
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?
What is the way to deal with a stubborn wife who abandons the marital bed, boycotts conversation, and leaves without permission during disputes, knowing that she is good under normal circumstances? And is it permissible for the husband to ask her for financial assistance if his salary is not enough to cover household expenses, given that her salary is four times his, and he is not pleased with her work but is compelled to accept it?
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?
Does a wife forfeit her right to spousal maintenance by remaining silent about claiming it due to her husband's poor financial situation, and is she entitled to claim it later?
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?