Divorce and Separation
1,425 questions
Is it permissible to marry a woman who is legally married but has been separated from her husband in intimate relations for four years, with children present, and the reason for not divorcing is to avoid cutting off government assistance?
Does the intention of divorce take effect upon writing an allusive phrase of divorce after sending it but before it is read, given that the intention was withdrawn before it was read?
Does divorce take effect if the husband pronounces it verbally and then retracts it, knowing that he is mentally ill and refuses to divorce his wife who wishes to separate?
Is the phrase "leave me alone" considered one of the allusions to divorce if said to the wife without the intention of divorce?
Must a wife return to her husband who abandoned her and secretly married another woman, and refuses to divorce her, especially since she fears he might be bewitched or that she might regret the separation, and given that she has a child with him?
When does the waiting period (iddah) end for a wife divorced with a first repudiation (talaq) during a period of purity in which she was not touched, and is it necessary to obtain a divorce certificate after the period during which reconciliation is possible has ended?
Is a divorce on the condition of absolution – due to the wife's waiver of her rights and the existence of two previous divorces – considered a khul‘ that is not counted as a divorce, based on the fatwa of Ibn Taymiyyah, thereby allowing the spouses to return to each other?
Is the wife divorced if she leaves the house without her husband's permission, when the husband had sworn by divorce upon her not to do so?
Does a triple divorce, issued under different circumstances including extreme anger, duress, and divorce during a period of purity in which intercourse occurred, take effect, and is it permissible to take back the wife after these divorces, especially given the presence of children and the desire to raise them according to the Islamic faith in a foreign country?
Is the woman considered irrevocably divorced from her husband in Islamic law after the Swedish court issues a divorce decree, or is she still married to him, and how can she divorce herself from him in Islamic law if she remains married to him?
What is the method for annulment of marriage (faskh al-nikah), and is it a condition to utter the divorce (talaq) pronouncement when annulling the marriage?
What is the ruling of Sharia on a wife going out to visit her sister's son who is ill with cancer, and for a dental appointment, knowing that her husband frequently swears oaths and has sworn to divorce her and expressed his anger, saying: "It is forbidden, and divorce from you, you will not leave this place"?
Does what is happening to me—my husband's disobedience and his allusions to my past—mean that Allah has not accepted my repentance and is displeased with me, or is it a punishment from Him? And what should I do about my husband's request for unlawful anal intercourse?
What is the ruling regarding the desire of a religious young man and woman to marry, given the young man's fear of committing "takhibib" (incitement to rebellion/discord), since the young woman is still married to another man whom she is forced to stay with and wishes to seek khul' (divorce initiated by the wife)?
Is this phrase considered a divorce oath (yamin talaq)? And will the wife be divorced if she goes with her sister to the doctor again? And what is the expiation for this oath?
What is the ruling on a man who said, "By triple divorce, I will not speak to So-and-so," and now wishes to speak to him?
Does an irrevocably consummated divorce (baynunah kubra) take effect upon a wife before cohabitation if her husband divorces her with three separate pronouncements, and is it a condition for her to return to him that she marries another man?
Does divorce take place if a man swears an oath of divorce upon his wife that she would be divorced if she leaves the house, then he follows her and takes her to her family himself, knowing that he was angry and did not intend divorce, but rather intimidation?
Does a divorce take place if a husband says to his wife, "You are threefold divorced," and "You are unlawful to me like the back of my mother," while in a state of extreme anger?
Does a divorce occur if a man swears to his wife: "You are forbidden to me as my sister is forbidden to me" (with doubt about his saying: "You are divorced from me") if she brings certain foods for their children until the end of next month, and then the wife, forgetting, gives her children a sum of money with which they buy these foods before the specified period expires?
Is the saying: "I will not increase it even if my wife is divorced" a suspended divorce?
Does the phrase "Had I known the impermissibility before you, I would have divorced you" constitute a conditional divorce if the husband admits to knowing a girl after his wife presents evidence of it?
What is the ruling on a mother, irrevocably divorced three times, remaining in the marital home and serving her husband, and what is the optimal course of action to deal with this situation, including the fate of the shared apartment, especially given the uncertainty of both parties and some of their children regarding the number of divorces?
What is the ruling of Sharia regarding a wife remaining in her family's home due to her husband's mistreatment and beatings, while she refuses divorce fearing the title "divorced twice," and refuses to return to her husband while taking maintenance from him, and constantly leaves her family's home without his permission, whereas the husband and her family refuse divorce and reconciliation?