Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Are superficial sexual practices, fondling, and kissing between engaged couples considered zina (fornication/adultery) and unlawful, knowing that marriage is imminent?
Is it obligatory to inform a brother's wife of his intention to marry secretly, knowing that he refuses to leave her and affirms his love for his first wife?
Are the funds a wife deposited into her husband's account, and the car she bought in his name with her own money, considered part of the inheritance or a debt? And does her right to the deferred dowry fall due to her not declaring her debt?
What is the standard of religiosity and character in His (peace be upon him) saying: "If there comes to you one whose religiosity and character you approve, then marry him"? And is forging documents and ridiculing the wife and her family considered an impediment to approving his religiosity and character, and does that permit seeking separation?
What is the ruling regarding the agreed-upon dowry — 25,000 dirhams paid in advance and 25,000 dirhams deferred — if the wife's guardian requests the divorce of his daughter, even though the spouses do not desire divorce, and given the guardian's claim that he received the advance payment when he had not actually received it, and the husband had presented the wife with gold (the Shabka)?
Is it considered a divorce or an oath if a man says to his wife, with whom he has not yet consummated the marriage, "By divorce, you will not hang up the phone on me if I call you," and then she hangs up due to a bad network connection?
Are the phrases: "Marriage feels boring and tedious, makes you shackled and restricted in freedom, becomes a hell in its last days, and makes you feel that you are owned solely by your wife" considered to be allusions (kinayat)? And do Sharia rulings apply to the period during which one did not touch his wife due to doubt about the validity of the marriage contract, knowing that the doubt was later removed?
What are the boundaries of the relationship between a fiancé and his fiancée in the Hanafi school of thought?
What is the ruling on one who swore by divorce that a person said a specific statement, and he was truthful in his intention at the time of swearing, but then became afflicted with misgivings regarding the exact wording that person said?
Does the wife forfeit her right to the full deferred dower if the agreed-upon khul' (divorce at the wife's instance) did not take place with her husband, and the husband subsequently divorced her by his sole will?
Does uttering the words "You are divorced, you are divorced, you are divorced" with the intention of no reconciliation constitute a triple divorce, or is it counted as a single divorce?
What is the ruling regarding a husband saying to his wife: "You are divorced according to the four schools of thought," whether this is before or after consummation?
Does a divorced woman's right to deferred dower (mahr), maintenance during the waiting period (iddah), and compensatory gift (mut'ah) fall if she does not claim them? And are these considered by Allah?
Does the marriage of a nephew to his uncle's divorcée fall under the general meaning of the verse: "And do not marry those [women] whom your fathers married from among women," considering the uncle to be in the position of a father?
Does a phone divorce that was issued in a moment of anger before consummating the marriage take effect, and is it permissible for the husband to reclaim the money he spent on his wife after learning of her betrayal?
Are the two arbitrators required to prove the harm with evidence, or is their conviction of it sufficient? And is it permissible to burden the husband with the dowry, the consolatory gift (mut'a), and the 'idda maintenance if they decide upon separation due to harm without clear evidence?
Is it permissible to marry a girl without a guardian (wali), according to the school of Abu Hanifa, with the presence of two witnesses, a mahr (dowry), official documentation of the contract, and guaranteed rights, and without consummating the marriage until she is formally proposed to after two years, due to the husband not having a job and a desire to be protected from sins?
What is the ruling on a husband asking his wife to waive part or all of her deferred dower (Mahr Mu'akhkhar) if he intends to divorce her and she is unaware of his intention? And is it permissible to pay the deferred dower in installments if a divorce occurs?
What is the ruling regarding a man who said to his wife and children, "By divorce, I will not eat with you again," and then he ate with them? Does divorce occur in this case? And if it does, what is the ruling?
Is it permissible to contract an urfi marriage with a Christian girl, knowing that she might be exposed to danger, especially since my current wife is asking for a divorce and I fear for my children?
Is the husband sinful for delaying the payment of the remaining dowry (one thousand dinars of gold), and is he obligated to pay it at the value of one thousand dinars at the time of agreement or at its current value?
Is it permissible for a young Muslim man to marry a foreign girl who converted to Islam after they had committed fornication, knowing that they both regret what they did? And does her re-uttering the Shahadatayn (the two testimonies of faith) before the Imam prior to the marriage contract count as repentance for her? What should they do now, considering they have a daughter?
What is required for a marriage declaration of a girl by a judge in a neighboring country to be valid, after her parents refused to marry her?
What is the ruling of the Sharia regarding what is permissible for the husband from his wife after the legal marriage contract has been concluded and documented in court, and before the completion of the wedding ceremonies and the public announcement of the marriage, taking into consideration the customary understanding of engagement?