Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
What are the limits of interaction for a fiancé with his fiancée, to whom he is bound by a marriage contract, in order to avoid fitna, and is complete avoidance a solution for that?
To what extent is the saying "The best of you is she who gives birth to a female first" authentic, and is it a noble Prophetic Hadith?
A young man about to get married suffers from severe anxiety and high blood pressure when his fiancée is late outside the home. He threatened his fiancée that she would not see him again if her delays recurred, but he later retracted this threat. He asks whether this threat is considered an oath of divorce, and whether divorce occurs if the matter upon which it was conditioned is repeated. He explains that he suffers from severe religious scrupulosity (waswas) and wants to know the Sharia ruling on his issue.
What is the ruling on a girl postponing meeting a young man with her father due to family circumstances, and is her father entitled to determine his daughter's dowry and set conditions such as owning an apartment or a plot of land?
How can a girl balance obeying her parents and her desire to have an Islamic wedding free of musical instruments and intermixing, taking into account her parents' rejection of that desire?
Is it permissible for a woman to accept her husband's marriage to another woman as expiation for her sin, or should she try to convince him of the possibility of this procedure succeeding this time, knowing that the husband has already proposed to a girl and she knows he is infertile, and that her previous suitor is still pursuing her?
Is it permissible for me to sit with my married female relative who is experiencing marital problems, in the presence of her guardian and without seclusion, to discuss general matters with her that contain hints of marriage after her divorce, especially since I see in her the righteous wife I am searching for? And is it permissible for me to hint to her and her guardian that I will wait for her until her ordeal ends and she then becomes associated with me?
Is the marital cohabitation lawful after three divorces: the first before consummation due to a problem and an escape, the second in self-defense to repel the wife after she bit him, and the third due to an insult from the wife, knowing that he did not intend divorce in any of them, and is it obligatory to return to the wife after a sheikh's fatwa to slaughter something for the poor based on the wife's statement that there was no intention of divorce?
What is the religious ruling on a wife seeking khul' from her husband who has abandoned her, is unlawfully consorting with another woman, is taking her money, and refuses to divorce her?
Is the daughter's dowry for the father? Does she have the right to discuss marriage matters with her family? Does the father have the right to stipulate a monthly salary from his working daughter's suitor? What is the recompense for such a father?
Is it permissible for a marriage to continue without sexual intimacy if the husband is afflicted with paraplegia that prevents him from it, and is the wife entitled to seek divorce due to her need for intimacy after two years of patience?
Is it permissible to buy physical gifts that were compensation for an unlawful relationship from Muslims with lawful money after repentance, so that they become lawful after having been withheld from consumption?
Is my marriage to an orphaned girl whose father has passed away and who has no male siblings valid, given that the marriage contract was concluded in the presence of both families and with the testimony of her two sisters' husbands, and without the marriage notary asking for explicit consent?
What is the ruling on the work of a betrothed woman who suffers from loneliness and emptiness, in a Quran memorization society that receives applications from prospective students, knowing that most applicants are women, and that she will adhere to the full hijab, and there is no private seclusion with men except for the director of the institute and some lecturers, and interaction with them is kept to the bare minimum? And is her work considered a breach of her promise to her fiancé, who completely refused her working after initially agreeing to it?
Is it permissible for me to marry a girl I have come to love and communicated with, knowing that I am already married and my first wife has agreed to this marriage?
Is marriage with the intention of divorce permissible in Islamic law?
Does it constitute a definitive oath to sever the relationship if the suitor swore to end the engagement should his fiancée leave and he then followed her but could not find her later?
Is it Islamically forbidden for a sister to kiss her brothers, and is a fiancé entitled to prevent her from doing so?
Does a divorce that has not been approved by a judge or attended by an authorized official take effect if this was stipulated after the marriage contract?
Is the "list" that includes gold and furnishings considered a dowry for the woman in Islam, or must liquid money be paid to her guardian or to her, and how much should this amount be, measured by the time of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him?
Is khulʿ in this case considered an irrevocable divorce, and is it permissible for the husband to take his wife back immediately by saying, "I have taken you back to my wedlock," or does it require a shaykh and witnesses?
What is the religious ruling on a woman remaining in an illicit relationship and feigning marriage without a contract, what is the duty of her two daughters towards her, and do they incur sin because of this relationship?
Is it permissible for a girl's brother to solemnize her marriage contract if her father refuses her marriage to a young man whom she wishes to marry and refuses anyone else?
Does divorce occur in a state of extreme anger, and is the reconciliation valid if the husband intended not to divorce?