In Laws and Extended Family
119 questions
Why has the methodology of the Islamic religion not enabled its adherents to advance and propel them into paths of progress and prosperity in various fields, like other peoples and nations?
What is the religious ruling regarding a husband who fails to fulfill his duties towards his wife and children concerning financial support, care, and attention, and secretly travels to countries known for corruption, and spends his time outside the home, while his family does not advise him but rather his mother encourages his behavior, in addition to his mother assaulting his wife?
Is it permissible to reject the engagement of a man who works as an administrative public prosecutor, despite the family's approval, based on the suspicion of the impermissibility of working with man-made laws, especially if the suitor believes it is permissible out of obedience to the ruler?
Am I sinful for not spending enough on my parents and extended family, and am I obliged to spend on all of them?
Is informing one's mother about the abuse and backbiting from the husband's family considered [a blameworthy act], and what should be done about it?
What is the ruling regarding a man whose in-laws have made him doubt his wife and accused her of betrayal, leading him to live in isolation and suffer from severe obsessive thoughts that have affected his life, work, and social relationships, despite the wife's strong denial and the absence of direct evidence of her betrayal?
What does the Sheikh advise me to do regarding my wife who disrespects me, mistreats me and my family, and refused to open the door for me, especially since we live in a European country and have two children (one of whom is in her womb)? Should I divorce her while she is pregnant, or should I leave her the children and the house, or should I resort to the courts?
What is the ruling on refraining from attending an iftar invitation in Ramadan extended by the wife's father (the maternal aunt's husband) due to family problems and their undesirable characteristics?
Is it permissible for a husband to tear up a check he wrote for his wife without her knowledge? Is it permissible for a wife to file for divorce in non-Sharia courts to claim money and custody? What is the ruling on her family supporting her in this? What is the action that pleases Allah in this situation to protect the children?
Is the wife entitled to visit her family weekly if the husband refuses without reason, while transportation is available, there is no burden on him, and the husband emphasizes that her family are good people?
Is a husband entitled to refuse to accompany his postpartum wife—who is suffering from C-section pains and wishes to go to her family's home to receive help and care—under the pretext of pleasing his mother and fearing her anger?
Is it permissible to boycott a husband who fabricates lies and problems and refuses the help offered to him, knowing that his salary is sufficient for him? And what is the ruling of Sharia on this?
Is it permissible for a woman forced into an immoral act to commit it due to a credible threat of killing her child or husband, and the like?
Is the killing of a friend's child by car (while the driver is young, unlicensed, and driving a technically unsound car) considered premeditated murder or accidental killing?
What are the limits of the right to obedience for a husband who does not provide for his wife and relies on her salary to cover their needs, in addition to his lack of mercy toward her or assistance with life matters, and his causing her embarrassment in front of her family? And does this include obedience in conjugal relations?
Is it permissible for a girl to take 1100 EGP from her father's pension instead of the 700 EGP she currently takes, knowing that the pension is 5500 EGP and she shares it with her mother and three sisters?
Is it permissible to demand the relinquishment of the marital apartment or the signing of promissory notes as a condition for the wife's return after the husband's communication with female colleagues was discovered and he repented?
What is the wisdom behind applying hudud punishments, such as cutting off the hand and foot, in Islam, and how will one whose limbs have been amputated live and work thereafter, taking into consideration the possibility of him resorting to begging or his family becoming homeless?
What is meant by direct kinship, collateral kinship, and affinity, and what are the degrees of kinship, and to what degree do they extend?
Does the wife refuse to return to her husband's home due to abuse from her in-laws, and the husband tolerates her silence, and she wonders what she should do in this situation?
Is it permissible for me to prevent my son from associating with my wife's disreputable family, and would I be sinful for doing so?
What is the ruling regarding a wife remaining with her husband, who made her divorce contingent upon an event that occurred in her past, knowing that he has divorced her twice, and that she has repented to Allah and fears his reaction and that of his family?
Is a wife permitted to refuse her husband's request to go weekly to his mother's house for lunch, after repeated harassment and fabricating errors against her? And is the husband Islamically entitled to compel her to do so despite her refusal, given her agreement to other visits?
Am I sinful towards my mother for not forcing my wife to live with her, given that there are problems between my wife and my mother, and my wife's desire for her family to care for her during her pregnancy?