In Laws and Extended Family

• Is the wife sinful for seeking divorce or resorting to the judge for annulment of the marriage, and to what extent is her right to maintenance during the iddah (waiting period) and for the past period during which the husband did not provide for her?
• Am I obligated to take my daughter to visit her paternal ex-in-laws, knowing that her father and his family do not maintain ties of kinship with their daughter, and that my current husband refuses to let me take her there personally, and asks my brothers to do so, but they refuse?
• What is the ruling regarding a wife leaving her husband's home without his permission to go to her family's house, and is the husband obligated to bring her back, or should she return by herself?
• Is it permissible, in Islamic law, for a woman to divorce herself if her husband tells her, "The matter is in your hands," after he departs for jihad, and is she sinful for seeking divorce, knowing that there were security reasons that compelled her to do so? What is the Islamic legal ruling on a khul‘ lawsuit in court, in cooperation with the husband’s family, after a general power of attorney for divorce became unfeasible, and is this considered a divorce or a khul‘ in terms of rights? And is it permissible to formally request khul‘ from the court when the reality of the matter is divorce?
• Is it permissible for the wife to refuse to go to her husband's family home and to refrain from visiting them and from letting the children stay overnight with them?
• What is the optimal course of action given a girl's desire to marry a committed young man whose aunt has proposed to her on his behalf, yet the girl's family might reject this marriage due to a weak connection between the two families, coupled with the girl's fear of a family conflict and her parents considering her too young for marriage and wishing for her to complete her university education?
• What is the ruling on marrying a Muslim woman who has no Muslim guardian—given that her family are Christians—provided that one of the Muslims acts as her guardian and with the presence of two witnesses, bearing in mind that the marriage will not be officially documented because it cannot be documented in the country where the suitor resides except after procedures that take months, and the woman has a tourist visa, meaning her stay is temporary?
• Is it haram to feel love with the intention of marriage, even if it is impossible due to differences in nationality, and is mixing (between genders) haram, and what should one do in this situation?
• Is it permissible for the husband to house his family with his wife in the same home without consulting her, and is the wife entitled to request a completely independent dwelling separate from the husband's family, knowing that his family is not in need and causes her annoyance and interference in her private affairs?
• Is the wife obligated to visit and serve those who spread false rumors about her, knowing that the husband considers this normal and she fears it will destroy her psychologically?
• Is it permissible to marry a second time without the knowledge of the first wife, to bypass statutory laws regarding polygyny, not to inform the guardian of the second wife that I am already married, and to marry with the following conditions agreed upon by the second wife: renouncing the right to childbirth, separation without consequences, renouncing the right to inheritance, and maintaining secrecy from the husband's family and acquaintances?
• Is it true that my husband has the right to dispose of my private money, which I inherited or obtained from my family, and has the right to prevent me from spending from it to buy my necessities, based on Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim's interpretation of the noble verse: "And do not give the foolish your property, which Allah has made a means of sustenance for you, but provide for them out of it and clothe them," and that he has absolute guardianship over my money? And is what I spend on my personal needs considered extravagance and waste, while his spending on his family is considered dutifulness to them, knowing that they spend lavishly and extravagantly?
• Is the wife considered disobedient to her husband if she refuses to return to the family home and asks for a separate dwelling after a dispute occurred with her in-laws and her husband's brother assaulted her, and after her husband left her at her family's home for several months without financial support or inquiring about her, while she is pregnant?
• What is the way to deal with a wife who is ill-tempered, extremely jealous, does not respect her in-laws, and does not accept discussion, even though she fulfills her household duties and adheres to religious observances?
• Is a divorce, where a Muslim woman divorces herself in Europe, considered a religiously valid divorce, and what is the ruling concerning her second marriage if her first husband did not divorce her according to Islamic law?
• Is a khul‘ valid religiously if the husband does not agree to it, does not accept compensation, and sees no reason for divorce, especially since the problem was between him and the wife’s family, knowing that the laws in his country do not rule according to Islamic law, and that the wife agreed to return before the judge but her father refused, and she did not declare her hatred for her husband? And is the husband considered to be severing ties of kinship for being unable to visit his son due to the wife's family, despite providing for the maintenance and all the son's needs?
• What is the ruling on completing a marriage to a suitor who works as a judge in the field of misdemeanors and felonies, and who considers this permissible, citing Qur'anic verses, and who believes that usurious gains are Haram only if they are excessive, keeping in mind that my family will be angry if the marriage is not completed, and what should I do if he is not convinced by the proofs of prohibition?
• What should a wife do who has suffered ill-treatment from her in-laws in their hometown, and who are trying again to force her to return, especially since her husband is influenced by them and wrongs her to appease them?
• What is the religious ruling concerning a husband who agreed to his wife's condition of living in an independent house, then broke his promise and housed her in his family's home?
• Is a wife obligated to obey her husband if he orders her to cut off ties of kinship with her family, and does he have the right to prevent her from visiting them?
• What is the ruling on the in-laws' disposal of their children's private homes, and what is the ruling on the husband's silence regarding this, and what is the solution for dealing with this situation according to Islamic Sharia?
• What is the Sharia ruling on how to expiate for a suspended divorce oath conditioned on the wife going to her parents' house, given the desire for her to go, and knowing that she has not gone yet?
• What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding the husband and his family neglecting the questioner at social events, and regarding the debt they owe to the questioner's mother, and regarding the husband's family keeping the apartment key, and what should the questioner do about the material and moral problems she faces with them?
• Is it permissible to boycott the husband's family who are seeking to spoil the marital life, given the husband's desire to reconcile with them and the presence of a female child?