Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
What is the legal ruling regarding what is returned to me from the dowry given to the girl, knowing that I have not yet consummated the marriage with her, and the contract period has not exceeded half a month?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a husband's refusal to divorce his wife, with whom he has not consummated the marriage, unless he recovers the dowry, the jewelry, the value of the apartment's lease agreement, and the furniture?
Is it permissible for the wife to take half of the money deposited with her father, and half of the deferred dowry and the bridal gift, even though her father used the money for a private project, if she requests a divorce before consummation, claiming a lack of feelings towards the husband who works in another country?
What is the ruling on a husband abandoning his wife whom he married customarily without her family's knowledge, and how can he be persuaded to complete the legal marriage and repent?
Is it unlawful for a man to marry a woman with the intention of making her lawful for her first husband after the marriage contract is concluded and consummated, and then divorcing her?
Is it permissible for a woman of the People of the Book to marry herself to a Muslim man in an Islamic country if the judge refuses to marry them due to the woman lacking residency, knowing that she has no relatives in this country and that she can marry herself in her home country without her family's knowledge?
Does divorce take effect through allusive divorce phrases or delegated divorce with the presence of intention, even if the divorcer is unaware of the rulings concerning these allusions or delegation? And is the statement "everyone goes their separate way" considered an allusive divorce phrase if uttered with the intention of divorce, and how can the wife be taken back thereafter?
Who is obligated to pay Zakat on the deferred dowry and furniture in a marriage, and when?
Is it permissible to speak with one's wife over the phone in Ramadan after completing all the procedures of the legitimate and civil marriage contracts and paying the dowry?
Does the wife get divorced if the husband says to his daughter, "If you meet or speak with him, your mother is divorced," and then the daughter meets and speaks with the young man?
Is it permissible to annul a legitimate Islamic marriage contract with a man who is not religious, abandons prayer, and drinks alcohol, before consummation and before setting the wedding date and paying the dowry, due to a lack of desire for him and a desire to marry another man who is religious and of good character? And is it sufficient to inform the husband of the lack of desire to complete the marriage without him uttering the divorce pronouncement?
What is the ruling on the dowry — advanced and deferred — and gifts, and on the marriage contract in the presence of deceit: is it valid or void if the husband discovers that his wife concealed from him a disease that affects procreation and causes hair growth and body acne, and he has not yet consummated the marriage?
Is the marriage formula that takes place in the mosque, with the Imam instructing the guardian of the husband and the guardian of the wife, sometimes in the absence of the husband, and the collective recitation of Al-Fatiha, valid and legitimate?
Is the husband sinful for not paying his divorced wife the full agreed-upon mahr (thirty thousand), and sufficing with paying five thousand instead? And does the wife have the right to demand the full amount from him before Allah, especially since the husband did not fall short in spending on her during the marriage, and the agreement on the mahr was hasty?
Will a young man's addiction to masturbation lead to his failure on the wedding night?
What is the ruling on a husband who swore an oath of divorce to his wife twice upon the occurrence of a specific action, and this action occurred both times? Does the divorce take effect in both instances? And what should the wife do about this?
Does a man's divorce of his wife take effect if he says "She is divorced, divorced, divorced" and "She is divorced" while in a state of extreme anger, knowing that he has not consummated the marriage with her (he has not had intercourse with her), but he has been alone with her?
Does the annulment of a marriage contract issued by a judge on the grounds that the girl is under eighteen years of age take effect, and if it does, what is the ruling if the spouses reject this annulment and their marital life continues?
Does a triple divorce take effect if the utterance was intended for intimidation and prevention, and then the wife violated and disobeyed the command?
Is one who acts upon a fatwa by Ibn Uthaymeen, which contradicts the opinion of the majority, sinful based on his personal preference, and does the divorce of a person afflicted with waswasah (obsessive-compulsive disorder) take effect if he intended it without reassurance, and what is the ruling on the patient’s belief that his wife is unlawful for him and that he is considering annulling the marriage contract?
Is it permissible for a man to declare his love to his fiancée who adheres to Islamic manners, and is it permissible for him to declare his love to his wife in front of people after marriage?
What is the ruling on masturbating by imagining one's fiancée after the marriage contract, given that the consummation of the marriage is delayed, and knowing that he previously practiced it with the help of his fiancée? And is what he did with her permissible? What is the best solution to avoid masturbation in this situation?
Am I permitted to demand the return of the amounts I paid (Mahr and a sum to the wife's mother) while forfeiting the deferred Mahr, given the wife's health problems and her family's refusal to treat her or allow me access to her, and are they entitled to impose new conditions for her return?
Does a Muslim who unintentionally misses Fajr prayer become an unbeliever, and must he renew his marriage contract and the Two Testimonies (Shahadatayn)?