Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Does the marriage of a woman who was previously married, when the husband's family became aware of this after the marriage contract, constitute disobedience to his parents, and is divorcing her the solution in light of their continuous rejection of the marriage?
Is a marriage conducted in another Arab country (such as Syria), with legal recognition, witnesses, a dowry (Mahr), and a deferred dowry (Mu’akhkhar), considered religiously valid (Shar’i) and permissible (Halal), given that the father of the girl refused her marriage to the suitor for flimsy reasons related to his origin and income, and because he is not qualified for guardianship over her since he does not pray and drinks alcohol, and knowing the potential social consequences?
Does the wife have the right to demand her conjugal right to spend the night with her husband, if the husband is married and has children, and his second marriage is secret and undisclosed to his family and first wife, and the husband spends only a few hours daily with the second wife?
What is the ruling on reconciliation if the husband believes that divorce has occurred, when in fact it has not, taking into account the noble Hadith: "There are three things which, whether done seriously or in jest, are to be taken seriously: marriage, divorce, and reconciliation"?
Does an imagined divorce oath, which its pronouncer did not utter, take effect in reality?
Are kissing and touching considered adultery (zina), and is the woman who commits them considered an adulteress (zaniyah) cast out from the mercy of Allah? What is the expiation for that, and how can a woman regain her chastity and self-confidence after these acts?
What is the ruling on a Muslim woman marrying a non-Muslim man if the husband embraces Islam? Is it obligatory to renew the marriage contract, and what is the status of the children?
Is it permissible to marry secretly without the family's knowledge to protect oneself from temptation, given the family's refusal to allow a divorced woman to marry a married man in a country that prohibits polygamy?
Is it permissible to postpone the legal marriage contract and suffice with the Islamic marriage contract to preserve the state grant allocated to daughters of Mujahideen, which ceases upon marriage, due to the girl's need for this grant given her husband's difficult financial circumstances?
What is the ruling on a suitor forcing his fiancée to leave him after the marriage contract?
How can a divorced woman, whose father has passed away and who lives with her mother, travel to marry a man who cannot travel to her country due to political reasons, knowing that her brothers might object to her travel without a mahram? What is the ruling on a man talking to a woman over the phone and internet, exchanging pictures, and messaging her with the aim of teaching her religious matters or to agree on marriage and discuss its affairs?
How can a valid marriage contract be concluded for a girl whose father is characterized by abandoning prayer and committing major sins, and there is no Sharia judge in the country, given that there is a brother who abandons prayer, and there are no grandfathers or paternal uncles, while there are two committed maternal uncles, along with the potential father’s refusal of anyone else’s guardianship?
What is the Shar'i (Islamic legal) ruling on keeping a previous marriage a secret due to consummation and threats of suicide, and is it preferable to inform the divorced wife's family about the situation, especially given the father's illness and the family's refusal to allow the husband's return?
Is the marriage contract considered null and void due to the concealment of the wife's childhood neurological seizures, and what is the legitimate Shar'i solution to this issue?
Is the return of a wife to her husband, from whom she sought a Khula', considered adultery and a third divorce, after she secretly married another man and he consummated the marriage with her, and what is the ruling on her secret marriage without settling the financial matters with the first husband?
In light of the application of the principle of equality in modern personal status laws, which allow the wife to request a divorce just as the husband can, are there conditions that the husband can include in the marriage contract to restrict the wife's right to request a divorce, in order to ensure justice and avoid the negative consequences that may arise from these laws, taking into consideration the validity of these conditions and their non-contradiction with the legitimate contract?
What is the legal ruling on the marriage contract if the two witnesses are smokers, one of them is not known to be upright, and the other is not committed to religious observance?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on a marriage that took place through the recitation of Al-Fatiha, the payment of the dowry, and the setting of a wedding date, in which there was a private meeting (khalwa) and intercourse without the knowledge of the families, and then the two parties separated and the husband reclaimed the dowry without documenting the contract?
What are the husband's rights over his wife after the marriage contract and before consummation, given that there are two conflicting fatwas regarding this?
Does the rule of "choosing the lesser of two evils" apply in a case where a father owns shares in a usurious bank and refuses to dispose of them, with his son offering to buy them from him with money for his marriage, knowing that benefiting from ill-gotten gains is impermissible, and what are the alternative solutions if the rule does not apply?
Am I entitled to demand a separate house from my husband's first wife, especially since my husband lied to me about his first wife's circumstances, and I suffer from comparisons between us, and I don't feel at ease in my home? Is my husband obligated to provide me with a separate residence like his first wife, and to compensate me for the spousal rights I missed due to his financial circumstances?
Should a man who repented to Allah after his marriage pay a forbidden wage to singers with whom he had an agreement before his repentance?
Has the wife become irrevocably divorced after a bid'i divorce that occurred a year and a half ago, and is it obligatory to return her with a dowry?
What is the jurisprudential ruling regarding a wife's refusal to have her husband's elderly mother live with them in the same house?