Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is a waiting period (iddah) required for a wife whose virginity has not been taken and with whom her husband has not consummated the marriage, and who has sought a Khul divorce from him?
Must I divorce my wife, or can the marriage remain, after it became clear to me that my wife's mother breastfed me naturally when I was one year old, knowing that I was unaware of this before the marriage?
Does saying "you are divorced" before consummating the marriage constitute divorce in a state of anger, and what is the ruling on marriage thereafter if one adopts the common opinion that such a divorce does not take effect?
Is the aforementioned marriage permissible in Islamic law, what are the requirements for a valid marriage, and what is the ruling on my two children born from this marriage?
Is it permissible to complete the marriage contract on paper while postponing the consummation in order to obtain employment benefits, despite the refusal of the husband's family?
Does a husband's repeated offering of a choice to his wife between him and the completion of her studies constitute a divorce, especially if the wife does not choose divorce and does not intend it?
What is the ruling on a man's proposal of marriage to a woman, without having paid her dowry, then he dies? And does the woman inherit from him and observe the 'iddah (waiting period) for him?
Is it permissible for brothers to ostracize their divorced sister who married a man who is not her equal, and without their consent, or is that considered a severing of family ties?
Does a divorce that was mutually agreed upon and signed before a judge in court take effect, despite the husband's aversion to it and his not uttering the words of divorce? Is this divorce considered a divorce under duress? And if the wife is taken back, is that done with a new contract and a new dowry?
Is a marriage contract considered valid if it was concluded between a man and a woman after an illicit relationship, and an Imam and witnesses (five people) were present, but without the prior consent of the parents who live in another country, knowing that they later forgave them and the relationship became good? And what should be done in this case?
What is the amount of dowry that a wife must return to her husband if she requests a divorce due to her aversion to him after one month of marriage, knowing that he has consummated the marriage with her?
What is the ruling on someone who made his wife's divorce and her being unlawful to him contingent upon committing indecency and its preliminaries, in the past or the future, saying: "If I have committed any act (and he specified indecency and its preliminaries) since our marriage or if I commit it in the future, then you are divorced from me, and unlawful to me, and everything between us is zina"? And what are the consequences of his statement, and how should he deal with her thereafter?
Are the pronounced divorce utterances made in a state of anger and impulsivity counted, given the absence of a legal marriage contract and the mere existence of a civil contract, and without consummation?
When I intend to marry, must I travel to Turkey for my praying maternal uncle to be my guardian, or is it better to nominate one of the imams of the mosques or Islamic centers in Finland to be a guardian?
Is a marriage contract valid if the guardian says to the suitor: "I give you my virgin, mature daughter in marriage," while both the suitor and the guardian know that the fiancée made a mistake in the past and repented?
How is a marriage contract concluded between a man who speaks Arabic and a woman who speaks only English?
Is a wife considered disobedient for refusing to allow her husband intimacy, and is she still entitled to maintenance, given that the marriage was delayed due to difficult financial circumstances and costly conditions?
What is the ruling on imposing exorbitant amounts of money on the groom at the time of marriage, and is it permissible to cite Allah's saying: (He said, "Indeed, I wish to wed you one of these two daughters of mine on [the condition] that you serve me for eight years. But if you complete ten, it will be [a favor] from you; and I do not wish to put you to hardship. You will find me, if Allah wills, of the righteous.") as evidence for this? What is meant by the verse? And what is the order of priorities for spending on relatives?
Is it permissible to kiss one's wife and seclude oneself with her after the marriage contract but before the official wedding, despite a stipulation against seclusion? And is it permissible to change the agreed-upon dowry if it was for Sharia education and a niqab garment, and these could not be fulfilled due to unforeseen circumstances?
Is it necessary to perform the marriage contract (nikah) in the mosque? Is there an authentic hadith that obliges this? And where did the Prophet (peace be upon him) عقد the marriage of his daughters?
Does the share of children from the fifth wife differ in inheritance from the share of children from the previous four wives, or is the distribution equally among all of them?
Is it true that the divorce of one afflicted by obsessive thoughts, who has not disclosed his divorce to anyone, does not take effect, and did Ibn Taymiyyah or other scholars state this?
Is it permissible for a Shafi'i to marry a Hanafi woman without her guardian, given the difference between the two madhhabs regarding the requirement of a guardian?
Is a girl’s marriage, conducted by her maternal uncle acting as an agent for her brother—there being no other male agnate (wali ʿaṣabah)—valid, and must the marriage contract be re-formulated when her brother is present?