Divorce and Separation
1,425 questions
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding an 'urfi marriage without witnesses to a woman whose divorce from her previous husband has not yet been finalized, and what should be done about it?
What is the Sharia ruling regarding the marriage of a woman whose divorce has not yet been decreed, given that her husband refuses to divorce her and has filed a polygamy case against her?
Does a husband's playful statement to his wife, "I don't want to know you again," and the wife's reply, "Okay," without any intention of divorce or separation, result in the occurrence of divorce?
Does the marriage persist after the ruler separates the spouses based solely on the wife's statement, in a country that does not apply Islamic Sharia?
What is the difference between an explicit conditional divorce (talaq mu'allaq sareeh) and an allusive conditional divorce (talaq kinayah mu'allaq)? And what are examples of each?
Does the divorce of a menstruating woman, with whom consummation has not occurred, take effect, knowing that there was a legitimate seclusion (khalwa shar’iyya), and do the spouses wish to reconcile if the divorce is invalid?
Did three divorces take place after saying "you are divorced" once calmly during an argument, then twice over the phone – verbally and by message – with the intention of repeating the second divorce?
What should a wife do who suffers from the domination of her husband's family and his father's control over her life and home, and her husband's threats of divorce when she tries to express her displeasure, which has made her think about separation?
Does a triple divorce, witnessed by people, take effect if it was for trivial reasons, and what are its consequences?
What are the rights of a wife if her husband divorces her after 20 days of marriage, due to his inability to engage in intercourse and his deflowering her manually, without disclosing his impotence to her or her family before the marriage?
What is required after a husband says to his wife: "You are divorced once"?
What is the ruling on a wife remaining with a husband who is unjust in providing lodging and financial support, mistreats and insults her, curses her family, does not provide her with stable housing, and frightens her with divorce; and does she have the right to seek divorce for harm despite the husband's insistence on taking her back?
Are "invalid marriage" (az-zawāj al-bāṭil) and "corrupt marriage" (az-zawāj al-fāsid) synonymous terms or different?
Is forgiveness and expiation available for a woman who sought divorce and absolved her husband of her rights, then felt guilty after the divorce?
In this case, is the divorce counted as three times or only twice, due to the husband not having reconciled after the second pronouncement, and does divorce occur via text message?
What is the ruling on someone who, in a state of anger, said to his family: "I swear by God that if my relative marries with me, my wife will be forbidden to me in this world and the hereafter," knowing that his relative did marry with him, and he did not consummate the marriage with his wife until after the wedding ceremonies, and she is unaware, and he did not intend to divorce her, and they have a daughter? And can his oath be expiated, and what is the expiation for an oath and its measure?
What is the ruling on divorcing a wife twice in one period of purity after a previous divorce, and is she permissible for me after her 'iddah ends with a new contract or not?
Does divorce take place by uttering words that imply separation or abandonment in songs, or by saying, "I wish I had never married you," or by describing the marital relationship as "we are still engaged," if divorce was not intended by that?
Is it permissible to marry a foreign woman who is married to a foreign man, and she is separated from him, knowing that the law of her country does not permit her to marry until 3 years have passed since the separation, and is this law disregarded if she embraces Islam?
Does uttering "you are divorced, divorced, divorced" as a single phrase constitute a triple divorce, and can the wife be taken back after nine months have passed since this utterance, given that it was not officially documented, and knowing that this was the first divorce?
Is the wife considered divorced after the husband utters the divorce pronouncement three times, taking into account his anger in the first two instances and his full awareness in the third, and is his statement valid that the divorce does not occur if that was not his intention?
What is the ruling on repeating the oath of divorce in a state of anger, and does divorce occur by saying "you are divorced" and repeating it four times, and "you are divorced 20 million times"?
Does a divorce occur due to the oath "Divorce upon me if you go to the market alone" if the wife went to a market other than the one where the dispute occurred?
What is my duty if I intend to divorce my wife due to the impossibility of life together, because she does not take responsibility and her family interferes?