Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is it obligatory to draw up a marriage contract, and is the marriage valid, and does the wife need a guardian, knowing that she embraced Islam after the marriage, and the marriage took place with two witnesses, a dowry, and the father's consent, without drawing up a contract?
Does a jocular pronouncement of divorce upon the wife before consummation take effect, and what must the husband do?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a marriage contract that was verbally concluded between a male cousin (son of the maternal aunt or paternal aunt) and a female cousin (daughter of the maternal aunt or paternal aunt) without official documentation? Is this considered merely an engagement? And what should the girl tell a new suitor about what happened?
Should the dowry paid to a mentally ill wife be reconsidered after the discovery of alleged deception, and what should be done regarding potential claims under US law in the event of divorce?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a marriage that was based on deception and fraud by the wife and her family to conceal the crime of adultery, and is the husband considered a cuckold for divorcing his wife without taking punitive measures against her and her lover?
Is the wife's and her father's lying about their affiliation with the Habashis considered deception that invalidates the marriage contract, and what are the consequences of that, and what is the Shar'i ruling on this sect and its worldly punishment?
What is the primary legal guardian for a girl who has no full brothers, no paternal half-brothers, no paternal uncles, whose father is deceased, whose mother is deceased, and who lives under the care of her stepfather who refuses to marry her off because he benefits from her salary? Is it permissible for her maternal half-brothers to marry her off, especially since the judge is a Twelver Shiite who does not rule by the Qur’an and Sunnah?
Is reciting Al-Fatiha sufficient for a girl to become a man’s wife, given that her family approved of him on her behalf despite her refusal, and if not, and the marriage takes place in a lawful manner, is the marriage valid without her consent?
Is a marriage considered null and void if it took place two weeks after an illicit relationship that resulted in pregnancy, followed by an abortion of the fetus, and then a four-month waiting period before consummation, and must the husband be informed of this after ten years and having had children?
Is the marriage contract that was concluded without a guardian permissible in a country that applies the Hanafi school of thought, knowing that the father refused this marriage?
Are my siblings and I considered children of adultery because of my father's marriage to my maternal aunt and his admission to a mental hospital, with doubt concerning his divorce from her before his marriage to my mother and our birth?
How can a woman obtain a khulʿ from her husband who refuses to finalize it, given that the wife was previously divorced under U.S. law, then her husband took her back into his marriage (ʿiṣmah) Islamically, and now he is refraining from the khulʿ and demanding unfair conditions?
Is civil marriage permissible in Islam?
Is the husband entitled to claim the mahr (dowry), the jewelry, and the amounts he paid for renovating the residence, in the event that he agrees to his wife's request for khul' (divorce initiated by the wife) due to infertility?
What financial compensation is the husband religiously entitled to from the wife’s family after her refusal to complete the marriage on the wedding night, given that the marriage expenses exceeded $30,000, whereas if the separation had occurred during the engagement, the costs would not have exceeded $10,000?
Are the family of a wife who passes away before consummation entitled to claim the deferred dowry and what was listed in the furniture list provided by the husband, and does the husband inherit from his deceased wife's salary?
Is it obligatory for the family of a girl afflicted with diabetes to inform the suitor of her illness before the marriage contract, even if he does not ask, knowing that the disease is not contagious and not harmful to the husband?
Do oral and text message divorces that occurred in the past count, and how should one act in the case of returning to the husband without a fatwa or a new dowry, while feeling uneasy?
What is the ruling on not fulfilling my mother's vow to marry off her daughter for 7 days for 7000 Omani Riyals, in order to facilitate her marriage in light of the high dowries?
Does Imam Al-Shafi'i hold the view that an Arab Muslim woman cannot marry non-Arab Muslim men, and is there any racism in that?
Is it permissible to conclude a marriage contract with a woman without informing her of curable infertility, in order to save face, or is it obligatory to inform her of this?
Is it permissible to see the wife’s mother without a hijab and to shake hands with her after the marriage contract but before consummation, and is there any sin in previous interactions if it was unlawful or reprehensible?
Does divorce take effect upon the wife's departure from the house, based on the husband's statement: "If you leave the house, then divorce will occur," and is the wife's re-invocation of the marriage (raj'ah) valid in Islamic law by her saying: "Indeed, I fear that divorce has already taken place, and therefore I re-invoke our marriage before Allah"?
Is marriage without the parents' knowledge forbidden and considered a violation of the Quran?