Divorce and Separation
1,425 questions
Is it permissible or forbidden for the woman to remarry after what she has been exposed to of sorcery, tribulations, and repeated divorce, which led to their separation and caused harm to their children?
Does a divorce take place when a husband says, "Consider yourself divorced" or "Consider yourself repudiated," while claiming he did not intend divorce, knowing that his wife was with her family because he was traveling?
Is the husband's saying to his wife, in a state of extreme anger: "You are divorced... you are to me as the back of my mother," considered a third divorce along with dhihar, thus making her unlawful to him, especially since they follow the Maliki school of thought and the husband remembers what he said despite his anger?
Why do the people of Islamic fatwa and legislation insist on dealing with divorce matters outside the court, even though we are in an era of documentation in which specialized departments have been established to document all transactions?
Does divorce occur if the wife helped a certain family with medical information remotely and without her husband's knowledge, given that he swore, "If you help this family, then you are divorced"?
Does a final divorce (talaq bain) occur to a wife in the event of verbal or physical infidelity, or marriage to another woman, based on the husband's acknowledgment of such, and what is the ruling on this acknowledgment when a second wife exists?
Is it permissible for a married woman, who has children from her current husband, to seek a divorce in order to return to her first husband and her children from him?
Is a husband sinful if he refrains from caressing and kissing his wife, and is content with only having intercourse with her? And does depriving her of complete enjoyment necessitate sin? What is the standard for the obligatory enjoyment for the wife? Is it reprehensible or forbidden for the husband to withdraw after satisfying his desire? And does the jurists' discussion regarding the minimum obligatory intercourse for the wife refer to the entire act of coitus, or do they mean only penetration? If the husband's shortcomings in foreplay before intercourse are established, is this a valid reason for the wife to seek separation?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on separation from a wife due to her chronic illness, which affects her marital life and her ability to bear responsibilities, in addition to the strained relationship with her husband's family?
Would a divorce be considered an irrevocable major divorce if the husband wrote to his wife, "You are divorced," and then a month later wrote to her, "You are divorced, you are divorced, you are divorced," intending divorce due to problems, and then the wife returned and lived with him for four months? Is it permissible for her to remain with him in the same house, and would sexual intimacy between them be considered adultery in this case?
Must a woman who did not observe the waiting period (iddah) after a death or divorce make it up later, and what is the expiation for one who abandoned it due to ignorance, or negligence, or lack of faith in it?
Does divorce occur when one jokingly says "game over" to his wife without the intention of divorce, knowing that the speaker understands its meaning to be "the game is over"?
Does divorce take effect upon uttering "what was between us has ended" in a moment of anger, and how can a man ascertain his intention without falling into obsessive doubt?
What is the ruling on a husband making his wife's life difficult so that she fully forfeits her Mahr after her repeated exits from the marital home without his permission and her desire for separation?
Are the phrases mentioned during extreme anger, such as "you are divorced" repeated with the intention of emphasis, or swearing an oath of divorce or making an expiation for an oath regarding certain matters, or phrases indicating an unwillingness to continue the marriage, considered a binding divorce or do they require an expiation for an oath, knowing that the intention was to intimidate or prevent?
What is the ruling regarding a couple returning to each other after two divorces and the filing of a third divorce case, before it is judicially settled, knowing that sexual intercourse occurred between them during the period of separation?
Is it permissible for a man married to four women to marry a fifth after divorcing one of them with a third, irrevocable divorce (talaq al-bainunah al-kubra), and before the completion of her waiting period (iddah)?
What is the legitimacy of the "mut'at al-talaq" (consolatory gift upon divorce) and everything related to it?
Is a verbal divorce over the phone considered a divorce, and is it the third divorce that makes a woman unlawful to her husband?
How many repudiations has the wife received, and is the husband entitled to take her back before the 'iddah period ends, based on the incidents mentioned: his swearing by divorce to go to a specific place, then his swearing by divorce to speak with someone while he was angry, then his saying to his family, "If Raneem had a hand in the problem that occurred, she is divorced," and his repeating "Raneem is divorced" three times in her absence?
Is it Islamically permissible for a husband to abandon his wife in bed as a punishment for her shortcomings in household chores, and would the wife be sinful if she sought a separation due to this abandonment?
Does the husband's divorce take effect if he said to his wife: "If you go to the bank, I will divorce you by three," and the wife did indeed go to the bank and close her account, knowing that the husband intended only to frighten her, and he has stated this, taking into account that he previously said to her: "You are divorced"?
Does a triple divorce occur with the words "you are divorced by three" in a state of extreme anger, without the intention of divorce, and based on the wife's request and insult, with the husband's desire to take her back?
What is the ruling on celebrating divorce from a bad husband to relieve oneself?