Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is a marriage contract that was concluded online, with witnesses and the girl's guardian present, and then later documented in court, considered Islamically valid, or is it void and requires rectification?
Is it permissible to break off an engagement to a woman who refuses to sign the marriage contract, describes her fiancé as stubborn, argues a lot, rejects the opinions of religious scholars, and believes she doesn't need to ask anyone because she knows right from wrong?
What is the correct course of action to resolve the issue of a young man and a young woman being bound by Islamic marriage and their desire to reunite, given that the young woman's family refuses for un-Islamic reasons, such as the young man's nationality and place of residence, and their assumption that he does not have a profitable business, knowing that there was a previous marital relationship between the young man and the young woman?
What is the preponderant opinion concerning one who reviles Allah the Almighty or commits an act that nullifies Islam, whether that was before the marriage contract or after it? Is repentance alone sufficient for him without renewing the contract, especially before its consummation? And what is the difference between the two cases?
Does the phrase you repeated to yourself—"I divorce my wife"—count as an utterance by the tongue or a self-whisper, and does it affect the marriage contract, especially with its repetition causing psychological distress?
Will my wife be considered divorced if she insults me, after I swore: "By God, if my wife insults me, she will not remain in my house for one minute," given that I forgot I was married at the moment of uttering the phrase?
What should a fiancé do with his fiancée who agreed to wear the niqab after marriage but then changed her mind, knowing that she has memorized half of the Qur'an and he is committed to her?
Is it permissible to contract a marriage with a girl if the young man is coerced by his father, who swore to disown him if he did not agree, and he is unwilling due to problems between him and the girl's brothers?
Is the marriage considered religiously valid if all pillars and conditions are met except for the verbal pronouncement of offer and acceptance between the guardian and the husband, and they sufficed with a gesture or implicit consent, knowing that intimacy occurred between the spouses? And if it is not valid, is it sufficient to re-pronounce the offer and acceptance in the presence of two witnesses (such as the wife's paternal uncle and her sister's husband) without the need for a new contract or dowry?
What is the ruling on paying the dowry and establishing a home for marriage from the proceeds of a shop that sells beer? Is the saying "A void contract in corrupt lands is not forbidden" correct? And is the marriage valid in this case?
How is a religiously valid marriage contract concluded, what is the required formula for offer and acceptance to complete it, is the presence of witnesses required to hear the woman's consent, or is her guardian's statement sufficient, and must the dowry be handed over immediately after the contract?
What are the consequences if one spouse abandons the other after a legitimate marriage contract that has not been officially registered in court?
Should the female questioner agree to marry a married man whom she loved before his wife knew about their relationship and accused him, then forgave him, while he insists on marrying her?
What is the ruling on the marriage of the questioner to a woman who was forced into a marriage contract against her will, then her contract was annulled judicially, then the questioner married her, then the annulment ruling was overturned, then the annulment ruling was reaffirmed by the Supreme Court, and what is the ruling on their children, and what is the expiation for the sin?
Does a divorce occur for someone who said to his fiancée, "I am like Harun al-Rashid" and doubts whether he meant by "the concubines around him" that he would treat her like "concubines," regardless of whether this was before or after the marriage contract, and does mere doubt about the phrase "concubine" or "like concubines" necessitate anything?
Is a divorce ruling issued by the Sharia Court valid and enforceable, despite the husband's absence and unavailability, and the reliance on his address in the wife's country for notification?
Should the bride's dowry be determined by her peers from her family or by her peers from the groom's family?
What is the ruling on a woman marrying a man born of zina (illegitimate sexual intercourse) after she becomes aware of that, and is the marriage contract annulled for not informing her beforehand?
What are the rights of a divorced woman after she has been given a first, absentia, revocable divorce, and what is the ruling on the husband taking the gold and gifts that he or others gave her?
Is the husband entitled to claim the mahr after the wife's family requests a divorce, knowing that he has not consummated the marriage and has incurred financial losses in furnishing the apartment, and how is the divorce to be carried out in this case?
Does the divorce pronounced by the wife upon herself, without witnesses or documentation, take effect, knowing that she has the right to divorce herself and that the marriage certificate lacks personal photos?
What is the ruling on someone who says, "O Lord, he does not want his wife"? Is this considered a divorce?
What is the solution to the problem of engagement from the fiancée's country, where he discovered that the dowry is beyond his means and he cannot collect it except after years, knowing that the girl's share of the dowry does not exceed one-third, and he can marry from another place for one-third of what he would pay?
Is it permissible for a husband to ask his wife to waive her deferred dower (mu'akhkhar) while their marriage subsists, and is she entitled to retract her waiver in the future?