Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is a marriage in which the mahr (dowry) was not paid in advance considered void, and what is the ruling on a marriage in which the prompt mahr was not paid, but it was agreed upon to be paid upon divorce?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on the marriage of a Muslim young man to a girl whose social status is higher than his?
In the event of a divorce, is the husband obligated to pay his wife the price of the gold jewelry (shabka) that he sold to supplement the cost of the ownership apartment, in addition to the deferred mahr and alimony?
How does a woman determine her guardian for the marriage contract, and is the guardian obligated to complete all of her transactions?
What should a recently converted Muslim girl do if her Christian parents object to her marriage to a Muslim young man?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding the rights of the wife if the husband abstains from conjugal relations with her due to psychological reasons despite attempts, and after four years of marriage and her financial support, and her desire for divorce?
Is the questioner considered to be the son of adultery if his parents contracted their marriage with a Qadiani shaykh while secretly being Muslims, and they did not renew the contract with a Sunni shaykh until after his birth? And does that make him a Qadiani, obligating him to repent and embrace Islam?
Is the aforementioned agreement between the man and the woman considered a legitimate marriage contract in the Hanafi school, given the absence of a guardian and the non-existence of a dowry, and is the woman entitled to divorce herself based on the prior agreement, especially since the man refuses to divorce her?
Is the clause that imposes a financial penalty of five thousand Riyals on anyone who attends the wedding of a person who chose to marry individually outside the framework of group marriage considered Islamically valid or not?
What is the ruling regarding a father who gave his daughter in marriage to a young man with her consent, then later refused to marry her to him despite the mutual attachment of both parties? And does this gift constitute a legally binding act that prevents retraction?
Is a civil marriage contract under Tunisian law considered valid, given the absence of the well-known formula of proposal and acceptance between the groom and the guardian, and sufficing with the acceptance of the spouses before the authorized official and in the presence of the guardian and two witnesses?
Are a second divorce and an oral reconciliation valid, and if not, what should the woman do? And does the waiting period (iddah) count from the second or third divorce, in the event that her husband divorced her orally, then took her back before the end of the waiting period, then officially divorced her with a divorce document, then took her back without obtaining a marriage document, then divorced her orally?
Is it permissible for the marriage or the contract to take place inside the mosque?
Is it permissible for the wife to seek divorce for harm from her husband who has abandoned her, loves another woman, and does not provide for her, knowing that she has returned to her home country and the husband has refused to divorce her?
Is it valid to marry by reciting the Fatiha in the presence of a sheikh and two witnesses only, without official documentation, with the intention of postponing the registration of the marriage and the تحديد (determination) of the dowry to a later stage, and do the spouses have the right to separate later, knowing that there will be no full physical relationship before documentation?
Is the marriage contract valid if fornication occurred before the marriage, then the wife experienced her menstrual period on the morning of the contract day and the contract was concluded in the afternoon, taking into consideration what is known as the waiting period for clearing the womb (iddat al-istibra’)?
Is it permissible for me to marry my paternal cousin while I am her guardian, knowing that there is no one else who can take my place in her guardianship?
What are the conditions for a woman to return to her husband after khulʿ, and do the conditions differ if she was divorced by him twice before the khulʿ?
Is it permissible, Islamically, to repeat the marriage contract after a previous secret contract, in order to complete it in the presence of the family without their knowledge of the first contract?
Should the items bought by the bride be listed in the dowry inventory at their price at the time of marriage, or at their price at the time of purchase according to the invoices?
Is it permissible for a non-virgin Christian woman who wishes to marry a Muslim man to ask for a dowry?
Is it permissible for two witnesses who were not present at the marriage ceremony, but are certain of its validity, to testify to it before a judge who will administer an oath to them regarding their presence? And what is the ruling on such testimony?
Is the amount you received through the “upon request” lawsuit considered Islamically permissible (halal), or must it be returned to your husband after the completion of the amicable divorce proceedings, especially since you will be waiving your deferred mahr?
Is the phrase "If there were blessing in increasing it, Allah would have increased it in His Book," which a Sharia doctor said when marrying off his daughter, refusing to increase the dowry, permissible?