Divorce and Separation
1,425 questions
Is it permissible to take back one's wife after the husband has confirmed that he divorced her only twice, despite his previous belief that it was three divorces, and his issuance of a divorce certificate to that effect?
Is what happened considered a tribulation from Allah that necessitates patience, or is separation obligatory, especially with the presence of a child and mutual love, after the spouses repented from following pornographic websites and speaking with strangers?
Does divorce occur if I say to my wife "Go marry" when she is about to enter the bathroom, and then repeat the word "marry" out of context at a later time? And is this considered a divine punishment for excessive waswas (obsessive whispering) regarding matters of divorce, purity, and prayer?
Is it permissible to take back one's wife after divorcing her three times while under the influence of medication, the compulsion of the mufti, and financial duress, knowing that she was menstruating during the third pronouncement of divorce?
What is the ruling on one who says to his wife: "Do not obligate me?"
Are the phrases: "Take care of your home, take care of your husband, I seek forgiveness from Allah, I am tired, I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, peace be upon you, fear Allah, may Allah bless you" considered allusions to divorce?
Is it permissible for a husband to take back his wife after divorcing her for the second time, especially after she has completed three menstrual cycles, and before the lapse of three full months from the date of the divorce?
What is the ruling on the divorce of a person afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder (waswas) who divorces his wife while doubting the occurrence of the divorce? Does his divorce take effect if he doubts whether it resulted from waswas or intention? Is it true that the divorce of a person with waswas does not take effect unless it is written before a judge, as attributed to Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen? Is it permissible for a person with waswas to avail himself of legal concessions (rukhas shar'iyyah) regarding divorce rulings? How can one differentiate between a divorce resulting from waswas and a divorce resulting from intention? Is there any recognized legal ruling that requires witnesses for the occurrence of divorce, which a person with waswas can adopt to alleviate his obsessions and depression? Is doubt about whether a divorce resulted from waswas or intention taken into consideration and acted upon?
Does a triple divorce occur if one says, "By triple divorce, I will not ride this car," while in a state of extreme anger, and is expiation for an oath required of me?
How should a Muslim son deal with his non-Muslim parents who discuss matters forbidden in Islam with him?
Does a conditional divorce, contingent upon the wife's cursing her husband, take effect, given that the wife is unaware of this condition and the husband believes she is aware of it?
Is a woman entitled to seek separation from her husband who abandons her for long periods, especially after his repeated marriages to maids and his neglect of her and their children, and is she considered sinful if she refuses intimacy with him in the event that he has abandoned her for many months?
What is the way for a woman to divorce her husband, who is suffering from schizophrenia and refusing treatment, and how can she protect her son from his father’s illness without financial compensation?
What is the ruling on stipulating to the husband during divorce that the mother be granted custody of the child if the father remarries, knowing that this is according to the Hanbali school of thought?
What is the expiation for a husband divorcing his wife with a revocable divorce while she is in her 'iddah?
Does divorce occur if I swore to my wife, "If you go out, you are divorced," and I forbade her from giving her mobile phone to her sister, but she went out to the hospital, then went to her family's house and gave her mobile phone to her sister, knowing that I did not intend divorce?
Is the wife entitled to file for divorce (khulʿ), request custody of the children, and ask for a specific day to visit them, despite having left the marital home and the children, and refusing to keep the children with her from Wednesday to Friday? And does her custody right fall in this case?
What is the ruling on someone who said to his wife, "By talaq he is coming with me," intending that his colleague had told him so, but then his colleague did not come?
What is the wisdom behind stipulating that a divorced woman must marry another husband and then be divorced by him in order for her to return to her first husband?
Does the divorce issued by the husband with his words: "Consider yourself divorced by me" take effect, knowing that he uttered them two days after consummating the marriage with his wife?
Is it permissible for a wife to refuse her husband's advances due to his sexual weakness and inability to satisfy her and keep her chaste, and is she sinful for doing so, and what is the ruling on a husband who does not help his wife maintain her chastity?
What is the ruling on someone who swore an oath of divorce (if he takes his wife to the sea again, she will be divorced) while in a state of extreme anger due to a mental illness for which he takes anti-anxiety and anti-stress medications, and is it permissible for him to take them to the sea in the future for swimming or to sit on the corniche?
Is a wife divorced if her husband stipulated her divorce were something to happen, or were he to refrain from something else, and he chose to refrain from that other thing?
Does the mother's divorce take effect if the father swore an oath of divorce upon his son, to be divorced from her if he went to a certain place, and the son actually went there? And what is the ruling on this oath?