Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is it permissible for the suitor, after the marriage contract (aqd al-qiran), to visit his fiancée and be alone with her in her family's home and engage in certain acts? And is this considered consummation (dukhool) if the contract is annulled? And must gifts be returned after the engagement is broken?
Is it permissible for a divorced woman to return to her treacherous, unemployed husband, who asked her to return secretly and without her father's knowledge, especially since the father does not wish for her to marry out of concern for her and to care for her?
Is it permissible to kidnap the husband and threaten him so that he divorces his wife and relinquishes her rights after divorcing her verbally and refusing to divorce her officially?
Are the talaqs that occur before consummation taken into consideration?
Is the marriage considered valid if the contract was concluded by a Sharia-compliant documenter in the presence of the spouses, the guardian, and the two witnesses, and the offer and acceptance took place, followed by the recitation of Al-Fatiha and supplication, provided that the traditional formula would be repeated after two months, knowing that a previous engagement included the guardian's approval?
Is the wife's action of filing false reports against her husband, which led to his summons by the police and public prosecution, and the subsequent dismissal of the investigation due to the malicious nature of the reports, considered a "nushooz" (disobedience) that warrants the annulment of her spousal maintenance?
How can a man who repented from adultery after his marriage, being ignorant of the obligation to repent before marriage, rectify his marriage contract without exposing himself after God has concealed him, and is his marriage valid in this case, and what is the fate of his children?
How does a woman appoint her brother as her agent in a marriage contract, and what is the legal wording for this agency? Does it require witnesses? Is it a condition for the imam of the mosque to hear the woman's wording of appointing her brother as her agent?
Is saying "Taliq al-tarab (divorced by joy)" without the intention of divorce considered an oath of divorce, and is reading an atheistic topic or coming across old newspaper articles, without remembering if this occurred before or after consummating the marriage, considered apostasy that annuls the marriage contract, knowing that I suffer from obsessive thoughts?
Is it permissible to marry without paying the dowry if the wife’s guardian insists on not taking it, and is the dowry a condition for the validity of the marriage Islamically?
Is a woman permitted to seek divorce and take her dower (mahr) if she discovers that her husband is impotent after two years of marriage, knowing that he concealed this matter from her despite their agreement before marriage about his epilepsy that might cause infertility?
Is it permissible to write "divorce due to non-consummation" in the divorce document, given the presence of a legitimate seclusion (khalwa shar'iyya) and announcement of marriage (i'lan nikah), and the girl remaining a virgin due to vaginismus, and the husband being accused of lacking virility despite his sound health? And is it permissible to file a lawsuit for discord and dispute (shiqaq wa niza') during a pending alimony lawsuit that has not yet been ruled upon?
What is the ruling on a marriage contract [katb al-kitāb] performed by a shaykh outside the court in Syria, knowing that this procedure is considered the beginning of the engagement period and permits the man to touch the girl and see her without a hijab, and the contract is annulled if there is no agreement, and this has led to the loss of rights for many, and it has been forbidden by the Grand Mufti and the law?
Does divorce occur by saying, "I divorce my wife if they had given me permission, I would have opened a million laboratories," and is expiation for breaking an oath (kaffarat yamin) required for that?
What is the ruling regarding divorcing one's wife over the phone before consummation, while in a state of extreme anger and ignorance of Sharia rulings? What are the consequent rulings, such as the necessity of a new marriage contract and a new dowry? And does the divorce actually take place at all?
Is the new contract considered a new marriage or a return [to the previous marriage], after the man divorced his wife and did not take her back during her waiting period, and then contracted with her a year later?
Does divorce occur if the wife travels to her home country for exams, while the husband has forgotten the details of an oath he previously swore?
Is this marriage considered Islamically valid, given the wife's refusal of the dower, the condition of divorce upon leaving without permission, and the Imam's ruling that the marriage is void?
What is the ruling on the conflict between custom and Sharia regarding the issue of enjoying one's wife after the marriage contract without intercourse, and should custom be adopted here despite its contradiction with Sharia?
What is the ruling on a husband saying to his wife, "You are divorced, divorced, divorced," or writing it, or swearing an oath of divorce, such as his saying, "By divorce, if you do not give me such-and-such," while claiming he did not intend divorce but rather discipline?
Does divorce take place if the wife says: "If we are going to continue like this, then it is better for each of us to stay at our parents' home," and then the husband says: "I spoke as you wished, and you bear the responsibility," and then the matter is settled in the same call?
Is it permissible for a husband to divorce one of his two wives (the first or the second) in order to preserve one household, given that his income is insufficient to support two families, and his realization that his second marriage was a mistake?
Is it permissible for a married man who owns one home and whose salary is sometimes sufficient, to marry a second woman who owns a home, under the pretext that Allah will provide for him, or should he wait for his income to improve and for him to secure independent housing?
Is the marriage contract between the questioner and her husband Islamically valid, given the surrounding circumstances, such as her father's initial approval followed by his retraction, the approval of her paternal uncles and the rejection of her maternal uncles, and the fact that her husband's father was her guardian in the contract?