Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is a girl whose fiancé has passed away, and with whom he had not yet consummated their legitimate engagement, required to observe an 'iddah, and how long is this 'iddah? Is she permitted to go out for her studies? Does she inherit anything from him, and what is the value of this inheritance? Is she obliged to return the dowry paid to her?
Is it Islamically obligatory to pay the deferred mahr (dowry), the 'mut'ah' (consolatory gift) and to buy a new gold set and provide financial guarantees to the ex-wife in order to take her back? And what is the ruling on paying a mahr and buying a new gold set with financial restrictions to take her back after divorce?
Is it forbidden for a wife to allow her husband intimacy after the Sharia marriage contract but before the documented civil contract, if the civil contract is the only one recognized for proving marriage and the paternity of children in her country?
Is the marriage contract valid if the pronouncement of the صيغتي الإيجاب والقبول (formulas of offer and acceptance) did not take place, and the couple merely signed the written contract, and is it permissible for the woman's guardian (wali) to be one of the witnesses to the contract, bearing in mind that the Maliki school of thought is followed in the inquirer's country?
How can one deal with a marriage that lasted only five separate months over three years, where the marriage was forced, and the father refuses divorce, leaving the questioner in a situation where she is neither married nor divorced?
Does a mother's leaving her three-and-a-half-year-old daughter with a Buddhist domestic worker during the working hours of the divorced, non-divorced mother, constitute grounds for her to lose custody, given that there is no other companion in the house except an elderly, hard-of-hearing grandfather? And if it does not constitute grounds for losing custody, what is the appropriate measure to prevent the child from permanently staying with this Buddhist worker, especially since the mother relies heavily on her for the child's care?
Should the fiancé be patient with his moody fiancée who caused problems between the families, or should he leave her, knowing that he fears living between pleasing her and problems after marriage?
Is it permissible for a woman who has been granted a divorce (khulʿ) to return to her husband despite her father's refusal, especially since the reason for the divorce has ceased to exist?
Is a wife considered disobedient (nashiz) if her husband agreed to her traveling with him, but she was unable to do so due to her work circumstances and refused to resign, and the husband wishes to divorce her? And if the husband divorces her due to her inability to travel with him, does she have financial rights such as half the dowry (mahr) and the deferred dowry (mu'akhkhar), and what about the jewelry (shabaka) and gifts given to her?
Does the explicit utterance of divorce, prior to the marriage contract or after the wife's death, have any sharia-based effect on the validity of the marriage contract or the inheritance?
Is there an idda (waiting period) for a foreign Christian woman divorced from a Christian man, and if there is an idda for her, what is its duration and when does it begin?
Is the waiting period (iddah) obligatory for a woman whose husband was absent for five months, and then news of his death reached her? And what about a woman whose sick husband, who had not had intercourse with her for three years prior to his death, passed away—is a waiting period obligatory for her? And what is the wisdom behind the prescribed waiting period?
Is a wife considered disobedient (nashiz) in Islamic law if she takes birth control pills without her husband's knowledge and this is discovered, and is the husband obligated to pay her maintenance (nafaqa) and deferred dower (mu'akhkhar) if he wishes to divorce her for this reason?
Does divorce take place by saying "no" when asked if one is married, or by saying "I hated and regretted this choice, I will choose another, I will invalidate it" when anxious, or by saying "I retract and they remain with them and I take half the dowry" when angry, knowing that the speaker did not intend divorce in any of these cases?
Should I continue an engagement that involved deception regarding housing and in which I was subjected to abuse from the fiancé's mother, or is it better to terminate the engagement?
Is the marriage contract concluded between the husband and his wife's father Islamically valid if the father was deputized to propose to a girl, but he proposed to her sister instead, and the contract was concluded without the delegator's knowledge until after its completion?
Does the wife deserve the deferred dowry in circumstances other than divorce, such as the husband's death?
Is the marriage valid, and what is the ruling concerning the child in this case according to Islamic law?
Is my obligation for my wife's mahr (dowry) absolved after divorcing her, if the families agree not to demand anything?
Is a marriage contracted without the approval of the wife's mother and without arrangement for guardianship, according to the new Moroccan Family Code, valid Islamically?
Was my behavior wrong when I asked my friend's fiancé to respect my presence while he was visiting her in our shared home?
Is it permissible for the Sharia judge to annul the marriage contract between a woman who has embraced Islam and her non-Muslim husband, given the husband's refusal to divorce her, and to allow her to marry a Muslim man?
Is a divorce effective upon the husband's statement, "If your menstrual period comes, then you are divorced," after the onset of the period, and what is the legal ruling for the woman who returned to her family after this condition?
What should one do who has loved a girl intensely and watched her out of jealousy, despite knowing that this act is forbidden and a sin?