Divorce and Separation
1,425 questions
Are the aforementioned reasons—discomfort, bad manners, excessive audacity, nervousness, materialism, poor homemaking, neglecting to adorn herself for her husband, and disobedience—considered legitimate grounds for separation, or must this wife be dealt with despite his aversion and lack of inclination towards her?
Is it permissible for you to marry a girl who was your fiancée, and she is now married by forced marriage and wishes for her husband's death so that she can marry you?
Does a wife's leaving her home and husband, and her seeking a divorce from him after years of suffering from his ill-treatment and neglect of her and their children, constitute a sin for which she will be punished by God?
What should the wife say to the judge if she finds her husband committing adultery in her bed and she has no witnesses?
Does a divorce take place if a condition is stipulated therein, knowing that the husband did not intend divorce and was in a state of anger, and the wife is pregnant?
Is a woman considered divorced, in Sharia, if her husband abandons her and tells her to do as she pleases, and is it necessary to await a court ruling to be considered divorced?
What is the revelation date of the verses concerning marriage and divorce?
Is an 'urfi marriage, contracted with a guardian and witnesses but without the father's knowledge, invalid in Islamic law? Do the three divorces (talaqat) take effect therein? Is it permissible for the couple to return to each other with a new contract and the guardian's consent?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a man divorcing his wife in order to marry another, thereby destroying his home and affecting his son's psyche, knowing that his ex-wife agreed to the divorce and they have a son, and that the new wife and her family stipulated that he not have his first wife in his wedlock, and that the former husband believed he was under a spell of magic?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a husband remaining with his wife who utters obscene language, physically assaults him, abandons him, neglects her household duties, and does not pray?
Is what I did correct, in reviewing my wife after uttering a divorce in a fit of delusion, and is she still under my marital bond, especially since consummation did not occur, but merely a private meeting?
What is the ruling regarding a husband divorcing his wife by saying, "You are divorced, divorced, divorced," followed by his statement, "I will never take you back," and then his saying that this is the first divorce and he will send the second and third through the court, especially given that the wife has no desire to return to him?
What is the religious ruling regarding a wife who avoids serving her husband and his paralyzed father, claiming there is an unfounded impurity, and demands divorce if the husband does not move to another house?
Does a father sin by divorcing his wife due to his daughter's interventions, and does the daughter sin for her actions, and does the saying "He who is silent about the truth is a mute devil" apply to the brother who did not intervene?
Does a triple divorce take effect if the one who divorced his wife was ignorant of the rulings of marriage and divorce, and is this view attributed to the Shafi'is?
Is it permissible to request a divorce from a husband who has not provided for his children for seven years, especially when the wife dislikes him and wishes not to return to him, and the children agree to the separation?
Is it permissible for a woman who has been irrevocably divorced and is observing her 'iddah to attend celebrations?
Is it permissible to challenge the testimony regarding the husband's return of his wife, and to challenge the return itself after her waiting period has ended, knowing that it was the first divorce, occurred during a period of purity, and the husband was not angry when he pronounced it, and that he returned her and had witnesses to that without her knowledge? And what should we do now, with two months remaining in her waiting period? Should we wait for it to end and then request a divorce, or should we approach the Sheikh now to request the divorce papers?
Must I pay alimony to my divorced wife, taking into consideration that she was the one who initiated the divorce, left the home, and traveled with our children without my permission?
Is it permissible for a judge to annul the marriage between a couple in the event of the husband's rebellion (nushuz) and his refusal to divorce his wife, citing evidence from the Quran, Sunnah, and the opinions of the Four Imams?
Does divorce occur with the words "as you wish and better if you stay with them" or "I wish you would stay with them" if uttered in a state of anger and after marital tension, with no recollection of an intention to divorce at the time?
What is the ruling of Islam and the right of the wife if she requests a divorce due to a sexual inadequacy of 20% that the husband does not wish to divorce over?
What is the ruling on "istilhaq" in Islamic Sharia, which is when a woman gives birth years after her husband's death or divorce, and the child is attributed to him, on the grounds that the fetus remained in the womb?
What is the ruling on someone who uttered an explicit divorce before consummation, seclusion, and sexual intercourse with his wife, and the marital life continued for more than three years, then the man doubted his intention in uttering the divorce, and does divorce occur in such a case according to the four schools of thought?