Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
What is the ruling on the aforementioned words that may have been uttered unintentionally, and do they affect the validity of the marriage contract?
How should I act between my parents and my fiancée, whom they reject due to problems with her family, given my fear of disobeying them and of wronging her by leaving her after a two-year engagement?
What are the rights of a wife whose husband discovered, after marriage, that she suffers from a mental illness and uterine cancer, and she requested a divorce?
What is the equivalent of 400 Dirhams in today's circulating currencies, and is it permissible for me to inform my fiancée of the designated amount for the dowry to help her prepare herself and expedite the marriage?
Is the divorce valid? Is what happened between the engaged couple considered adultery? What is the expiation for that, given that sexual intercourse was denied before the judge?
What is the ruling on a wife who did not allow her husband to consummate the marriage, claiming hatred and fatigue, and then requested a divorce?
Does what happened—kissing, hugging, and ejaculating with the fiancée while both were fully clothed, and her doubt about anything from his penis entering her vagina—constitute zina (unlawful sexual intercourse)?
Is it permissible for a young man to get engaged or to perform the marriage contract (Aqd al-Qiran) before traveling to study in a non-Islamic country, and what is the ruling on communicating with the fiancée or wife via the internet or phone during the engagement period or after the marriage contract and before the wedding, with the condition that one of her Mahrams is present during the phone conversation?
Am I obligated to marry a girl I am engaged to, despite my doubts about her commitment and actions, and my fear of her betrayal in the future?
Is the husband entitled to reclaim the dowry (mahr) and gold if he has not consummated the marriage with his wife, who returned to her family's home after one month? Does she have to observe an 'iddah (waiting period)? What is the ruling on this case regarding whether it is a khul' (divorce at the wife's instance, with compensation) or a talaq (unilateral divorce by the husband)? And is she permitted to become engaged to another man?
Does the wife have the right to claim the mahr if she divorces herself (khulʿ), and what are the husband's rights in this case?
Is it permissible to solemnize a marriage contract in the absence of the guardian (wali) and when it is impossible to contact him, given the woman's consent to delegate her guardianship to the shaykh, based on the statement in al-Mughni al-Muhtaj regarding the permissibility of the sultan solemnizing a marriage when the guardian is absent?
Is the young woman considered sinful, and has she wronged her husband? Is her prayer permissible and acceptable despite not speaking to him? Is it permissible for her to go out without informing him, knowing that she cannot bear to live with him after the marriage contract?
What is the ruling on someone who made his wife's divorce conditional by saying: "If you sleep with someone else without your consent, then you are divorced, divorced, divorced," and is this considered a divorce if he intended to revoke the divorce of his other wife?
Does the husband, or the wife's family, have the right to decide on the wife's wearing of the niqab, given that the wife desires it and the husband agrees, but her family rejects it, and she is still in her family's home after the marriage contract and before consummation?
What is the ruling of Islam regarding a wife resorting to Swiss courts to seek divorce without deferring to arbitration in the country of the original marriage, and what is the ruling concerning the alimony decreed for the divorced woman and children in light of Islamic Sharia, and is there maintenance and housing for the divorced woman after the completion of her iddah, and must the husband pay the deferred dowry despite his deteriorating financial condition?
Is it permissible for a wife to save money from her husband's wealth without his knowledge, and refuse to answer him when he asks about her expenditures?
What is the ruling on an oral marriage without a guardian (wali), but with the presence of witnesses and a dowry (mahr), and consummation having occurred thereafter, according to the madhhab of Imam Abu Hanifa?
Is a husband's obedience absolute, even if it goes against custom, as long as it does not contradict religion? And does it have limits, or is it part of obedience to Allah? And what are a wife's rights?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on continuing a marriage to a wife whose divorce is demanded by the father for personal reasons, knowing that the father is angry and refuses the continuation of this marriage, to the extent that he has severed ties with his son?
Is it permissible, Islamically, for a man to marry a woman "on paper" with the intention of not consummating the marriage, but rather to financially assist her and her family, and then divorce her?
What is the legal ruling regarding the counting of the divorce pronouncement in which the husband said to his wife: "I have divorced you twice," and are these two pronouncements indeed counted as two divorces, so that the wife's visit to her mother constitutes the third divorce?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding the occurrence of divorce in the following cases: if the husband swears by divorce for the wife's failure to adhere to something specific and she does not adhere, and his statement: "I divorce you if the situation remains like this," then a dispute and emotional outburst occurred, and does the divorce occur from the first time or does it require repetition? And what is the ruling of Islamic law on the husband threatening divorce with every dispute and his inability to tolerate his wife?
Is it permissible for the fiancée's brother to be her guardian (walī) in the marriage contract, if her father and paternal uncle refuse to marry her off after promising to agree?