Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
What is the ruling of Sharia on a husband who proceeds with marriage while aware of his sexual dysfunction, unwilling to seek treatment, denying his illness, preventing his wife from leaving after she informs him of her desire to tell her family, and then bars her from entering the home by installing an iron door? What is the advice in this situation?
Is a virgin girl, who secretly married a young man in the presence of a wali (guardian) and two witnesses, with the mahr (dowry) and mu'akhar (deferred dowry) specified but without official documentation, validly married? When the young man informed his family to formalize the marriage, they refused, and he then divorced her, and she received the mu'akhar. She asks about the validity of this marriage and requests a clear fatwa because she is bewildered.
Is there no divorce for one who divorces in jest nowadays, because no one would go to the marriage officiant and pay him money to divorce while jesting?
Is the husband Islamically permitted to prevent his wife from living in her own house, which she built with her private funds, especially since she wishes to live in it with her children and desires for him to join them as well?
What is the ruling on a man marrying his son's wife out of ignorance, and does that affect the son's marriage, or is the contract void in the first place?
Does divorce occur again by repeating the pronouncement of triple divorce on the same day, knowing that he had previously sworn the triple divorce upon his wife, and how many times are these divorces counted?
Does divorce occur if the husband says, "I don't want that to happen again in front of my daughter, by divorce," or "by divorce," in the context of striking, and if the husband does not recall these words, does the divorce become void, or does divorce only occur with explicit phrasings such as "I have taken my wife back" or "I give myself to you in marriage"?
What are the rights of the husband over his wife in all respects after the marriage contract and before consummation, and is it permissible for the wife to travel with her husband to his family's home in another city before consummation?
What is the ruling on a virgin woman over thirty years of age marrying someone she loves without the knowledge of her guardian, due to her father's repeated refusal of this young man and other suitors whose social or educational status he does not approve of? And is there a way to rectify this situation?
Is a pre-consummation, telephonic divorce pronouncement to a fiancée, made in a state of anger, counted as a valid divorce?
Is a woman obliged to ask for her mahr (dowry), and is what the groom's family presents to the girl considered mahr even if she does not ask for it?
Is it permissible for a sane virgin woman to marry without a guardian or witnesses if it takes place with an offer and acceptance from both parties, and with the subsequent knowledge of the husband's brothers? And is it permissible for her to marry someone else without a divorce if this marriage was invalid?
What is the ruling on nullifying the legitimate condition of a secluded home in the marriage contract?
What is meant by "the marriage remains" in the context of the husband's disapproval of khul' after he has reached maturity and come to his senses, and is the wife forced to live with him in this situation?
Does a divorce conditioned upon the brother marrying the wife's sister take effect if the intention was only to threaten, and is it valid to condition a divorce upon the wife's mother?
Is it permissible to marry a divorced woman who has a son from her previous husband, who embraced Islam solely to marry her, and with whom she engaged in unlawful acts, knowing that this son was born after these practices?
Did the marriage take place after the father said, "By God Almighty, by God Almighty, by God Almighty, if she says yes, I agree, I will write the contract for you now," and then the daughter agreed, and then the father recanted, with four witnesses to what happened?
Is it permissible to marry a Catholic woman who is pregnant by a Muslim man without a valid Islamic marriage contract? What is the ruling on the child's lineage in this case? Does the ruling differ if the mother converts to Islam before the marriage contract and childbirth? Is her guardian's consent acceptable via the internet? Is it permissible to adopt a specific school of thought for the sake of ease?
What is the ruling on a marriage contract concluded without the presence of two witnesses, where the ma'dhun (registrar) suffices for that, and does this contradict the Hadith: "There is no marriage except with a guardian and two just witnesses"?
Does the divorce pronounced repeatedly by a husband suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who intended to end the marriage contract, and then contemplated divorcing her three times—while in a state of confusion between intent and lack thereof, taking into account that he always feels his wife is not lawful for him and contemplates suicide—take effect?
Is it permissible for the wife to request a divorce and take the Mahr (dowry) due to her husband's erectile dysfunction after two years of marriage, given that the husband does not want a divorce?
Is a woman entitled to seek divorce and obtain her legitimate rights if her marriage has lasted for nine months and she remains a virgin due to her husband's illness?
Does a major, irrevocable divorce (baynunah kubra) occur if a man divorces his wife three times in a short period, then takes her back eighteen years later, given that he does not recall the second divorce that the wife claims?
What is the ruling on marrying a woman after she has been divorced in absentia, knowing that she is pregnant and does not know by whom she became pregnant?