Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is it permissible for the husband to kiss his wife's head at the marriage contract ceremony, or is that considered a temptation for the women present?
Does a triple divorce, issued with repetition by saying "You are divorced, divorced, divorced" with the intention of emphasizing the first, by a husband in a state of extreme anger that made him lose his awareness, take effect?
Is it permissible to give the wife a portion of her deferred dower for matters on which the husband is not obligated to spend?
Is divorce effected by what one thinks to oneself? And is it permissible for a husband to verbally take back his wife with whom he has not consummated the marriage, given that he has not divorced her?
Is it permissible to secretly marry a Muslim woman without the knowledge of her family, due to their disapproval of their son marrying a Muslim woman, given the son's desire to invite them to Islam?
Why is a woman required to return the dowry to the man when she seeks separation due to his ill-treatment, while the man is not required to pay compensation when he divorces a righteous wife, citing the story of Thabit, which differs in that there is no fault on the husband's part?
Is it permissible for a girl to solemnize her marriage based on her father's approval of the marriage, even if he refused to attend the ceremony, requested her to complete her university studies, and desired a mixed-gender wedding with music?
What is the ruling on the money that must be paid to my ex-wife after being in seclusion with her, and is it permissible to donate it as charity on her behalf if paying it would lead to فساد (corruption/harmful consequences), and what is the ruling on my false testimony that no seclusion took place?
How many divorces are considered to have occurred if the husband said to his wife, "You are divorced," with the intention of threat, then said to her, "By the life of the Quran, you are divorced," also with the intention of threat, then divorced her for the third time with the intention of pleasing his mother and not with the intention of divorce, then proceeded with a khul' (divorce by mutual consent) assuming it was an annulment of the marriage contract and not a divorce?
Is a divorce effected by the words, "By God, if you don't stop, this will be your last night in it," or "I will make this your last night in it," with the intention of threat and not divorce?
Is the marriage contract considered valid if it was conducted in the presence of family but without the husband's proxy or an administrative contract? And is the girl considered married or divorced after the husband's two-year absence without consummation?
Is a husband obligated to provide for his wife and her child, and is it permissible to annul the marriage contract and disavow the child's lineage, if a man marries a previously married woman who is three months pregnant, and the child is registered in his name six months later due to financial coercion?
Is the jewelry (shabka) given by the suitor, and confiscated by the father of the fiancée after the engagement was broken off, considered the property of the fiancée as compensation for the psychological harm she suffered, or does it belong to her father and he has the freedom to dispose of it?
What is zina (fornication/adultery)? And is it permissible to marry the twin sister of a girl with whom the questioner almost committed zina, knowing that she is married and talks to him?
How do I deal with the news of my father's second marriage, and what should I do about my feeling of injustice towards my mother, and the impact of this marriage on me and my siblings?
Is a woman whose husband divorced her with three pronouncements while she was pregnant—and her husband did not pray, smoked, and married her through an ‘urfi or misyar contract—entitled to marry a righteous man who will help her with worship and raise her only daughter from her previous husband, out of fear for her daughter’s life from her father?
What are the legitimate and legal rights of a woman and her child from a man who married her after she became pregnant by him, and he refuses to acknowledge the child?
Does Islam permit compelling a wife to enter her husband's home by force, and does a man have the right to file a lawsuit to compel her return by force?
Is the marriage contract valid if it was conducted by the paternal uncle acting as an agent for the absent father who had previously agreed to the engagement?
What is the ruling on an orphaned girl and her sick mother living with her married sister and her husband in one home, and is it permissible for them to live alone in their home without the presence of a man to protect them, and is it permissible for the sister's husband to handle the marriage contract in the presence of men from her father's 'asabah (agnatic relatives)?
Does the saying of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, "Whoever closes a door or lowers a curtain, the dower and the 'iddah become due," mean that if a man has a valid seclusion with his wife without engaging in intercourse, then divorces her, he can take her back without a new contract?
How can one act regarding the first wife's insistence on divorce and her demand that the husband choose between her and the second wife, knowing that the second wife has recently embraced Islam and has not yet informed her family of her marriage and conversion?
Is the dowry paid by benefactors permissible, and must it be from my own money?
Is it permissible for the wife's family to annul the marriage and request abandonment of the wife without cause, knowing that the husband is married to another in an Arab country without having consummated that marriage, and is awaiting a verdict in the first divorce case?