In Laws and Extended Family
119 questions
Do the mentioned reasons—the wife's dislike of the husband's mother, her desire to leave the marital home, her threats of suicide, the threats from her family, and their false accusations—absolve the husband of responsibility before Allah Almighty if he divorces her?
Does divorce legally occur if the wife or husband is coerced into it by the wife's family, while the couple wishes to remain together and rejects the divorce?
Is it legally and religiously permissible for a husband to ask his wife to write a documented legal and religious confession that she falsely accused him, given that she accused him of assault, constantly threatened him, insulted him and his family, and left the marital home without his permission, despite his repeated attempts to send her on trips abroad? What is the religious and legal advice for the husband in this situation?
Is it permissible to spend the night at the in-laws' house when visiting them, knowing that the mother-in-law insists on it and the wife is only comfortable in her parents' home?
Would the estrangement of a sister from her in-laws be an impediment to the marriage of her daughters, despite their commitment and good character?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on a person remaining far from his children in a foreign land for a long period, reaching 15 years, during which he only sees his children for one year in total, due to the unavailability of the conditions for their sponsorship imposed by the country's law?
Are traffic violations or other such offenses considered a debt that must be paid? And must the family of the deceased pay them on his behalf?
Are the husband's family entitled to take the children without the mother's knowledge and consent, and is the mother considered wrong if she sometimes refuses that?
Does a husband's divorce take effect if he swore to divorce his wife if she entered her family's home, after he saw her getting into a car with her cousin's son and her family argued with the husband?
What is the ruling on a wife and her five-year-old daughter remaining with the family of her deceased husband, given that there are two unmarried young men who are the husband’s brothers? Are the husband’s family entitled to custody of the child at this age? And what is incumbent upon the wife’s brother to do regarding his sister and her husband’s family?
Is the death of a paternal cousin's daughter resulting from a car accident considered murder, and what are the implications for the driver in this case?
What is the relationship between the family and society?
What is the way to unite the spouses in one place, and how can the wife act given her in-laws’ refusal for her to live with them, her inability to live alone, her family’s annoyance with her, along with the desire to draw closer to Allah for the fulfillment of this need?
What is the ruling on a wife leaving to visit her family or relatives without her husband's knowledge and consent, knowing that her family approves of it?
Is it permissible for this newly Muslim sister, who changed her family name to her husband's out of love for him and in accordance with Hungarian laws, to keep this name, especially since she was born out of an illicit relationship, her father did not care for her, her mother hates her, and changing the name again would cost her a lot of money?
Is the husband sinful for letting his wife expose her eyes if she wears a niqab and shows her eyes, eyebrows, and part of her forehead, and she refuses to cover her eyes, claiming difficulty in breathing and seeing, knowing that the husband believes it is obligatory to cover the eyes, and he cannot force her to do so due to her stubbornness and laws that weaken his authority, and he does not want to destroy the family?
Is the patience shown by the questioner in enduring the hardship and suffering she faces with her in-laws, and her feeling that what is happening to her is a result of her sins, considered praiseworthy patience in Islam? And is her presence in the family home without a mahram, her living with a polytheistic mother-in-law who practices polytheistic rituals in the same house, and her informing her husband of what bothers her about his mother's actions, considered sins requiring repentance? And is honoring a disbelieving mother of the same degree as honoring a Muslim mother?
Is the wife considered sinful if she tells her family by phone about her husband's characteristics and behaviors that trouble her, and about traits she dislikes in her husband's family, knowing that her family does not interfere but that she only uses them for catharsis because she is abroad? And what is the ruling of Islamic law on the husband eavesdropping on her phone calls with her family, recording them, and keeping them without her knowledge, under the pretext that he wants to know what she tells her family about him?
What is the ruling regarding a wife going to her family's house without her husband's permission to attend a wedding located 400 km away, given the husband's refusal due to lack of money and the extended duration, and the wife's threat of divorce if she does not go, knowing that her parents do not forbid her from what is wrong?
Am I entitled to take an ownership deed for the apartment that I fully built with my own money in my in-laws' house, without them sharing in the ownership of the land?
What is the ruling on money earned from transporting people in a private car for a fee, while violating traffic laws, for someone who cannot find work and has children?
Is divorce the solution to late-onset marital problems, low sexual desire, the wife's suffering from the in-laws' treatment, in addition to financial and family problems, while there is a child between the spouses?
What is the ruling on human cloning and the resulting family rulings such as lineage, marriage, and inheritance?
How can I convince my family to approve of marrying a girl who is originally Shiite but converted to Sunni, given that they know of her religious commitment, but are concerned that her family is still Shiite?