Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is it permissible for a husband to make his wife a partner in the ownership of two homes – one in the husband's country of origin and the other in the country of immigration – as compensation for her sacrifices and material contributions to building the family, knowing that she did not initially participate in the ownership of these two homes and that she waived her Mahr (dowry)? And is this permissible according to Sharia, or is it obligatory? And is it permissible for the husband to stipulate preventing her siblings from inheriting her share in the event of her death before him?
Is it permissible for the sister to leave her fiancé (her maternal and paternal cousin) after seven years of engagement and عقد قران (marriage contract), even though this may cause major disputes and her parents to lose their standing among people?
Did you wrong your fiancé by breaking off the engagement, taking into account his bad manners and his desire to change the housing conditions?
Does a divorce that occurred over the phone count, and is the wife entitled to her rights and the rights of her children from a husband who preferred his sisters over her and over his children?
How can the Prophet’s marriage to Lady Sawda, considering her advanced age and her care for her children, be reconciled with his alleged desire to divorce her for the same reason? And do these narrations align with the noble verse: "And if a woman fears from her husband ill-treatment or desertion, there is no sin upon them if they make terms of peace between themselves"?
Does falling in love with a girl from afar, coupled with limited financial means to marry her, constitute a sin?
Does the wife who married customarily, then denied the marriage and claimed to have repaired her hymen after intercourse, become forbidden to her husband?
Should a suitor annul his engagement to a girl after discovering that her upper teeth are artificial, knowing that she is not veiled but he sees the possibility of convincing her to wear the hijab after marriage, or should the marriage proceed and he continue his patience with her?
What is the ruling on the action of a father who refuses his son's marriage to a committed girl and stipulates that she shake hands with non-mahram men before the marriage contract, justifying that by fearing for his son from excessive commitment?
Is a prayer valid behind an Imam who secludes himself with a woman who is a stranger to him, under the pretext that she is engaged to him and with the knowledge of her family, and how can he be guided?
How can a university student marry someone well-off to avoid widespread temptations?
To what extent is the husband religiously accountable for the maintenance of furniture agreed upon by both parties (jointly owned), if a part of it is damaged unintentionally by him or by others? Is he obligated to compensate his wife for any deficiency or damage to the furniture or dining utensils? Does the deferred dowry (Mahr Mu'akhkhar) remain the sole debt owed to the wife from the husband's estate after his death, or are there other debts related to household expenses or gifts?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a marriage that was built upon concealing facts and realities that could harm the husband, in addition to procreating to subject him to a fait accompli? And is this marriage considered a legitimate cohabitation if the wife works in a remote area about 500 km away from the husband, knowing that she has repeatedly refused his offers to move and live with him?
Is the husband considered unjust if he divorces his wife, who works as a midwife and refuses to quit her job despite neglecting their daughter and depriving her of milk, knowing that they have four children?
Do my repeated statements to my wife, intended to threaten her, which included phrases such as: "I don't want her," "Who told you that you will enter it?", "The marriage has reached a critical stage," "The marriage will fail," "By ruining your home with your own hands, do what you are doing and you will regret it," "I will not hold a wedding," "I will not live with someone who doesn't listen," "I don't know, I'm uncomfortable," "If a chapter [of the Qur'an] according to your mood can be a husband for you," and "You think the marriage contract has been concluded and you don't realize it can fail," in addition to my doubt regarding my statement: "If she wants a divorce, I will divorce her, or she gets divorced," are these considered an explicit divorce or an implicit one? Has divorce occurred with those phrases? And if doubt refers back to certainty regarding the continuation of the marriage, do I have to complete the wedding, or has the marriage ended? And what is the effect of my forgetting some of the phrases I said?
Is it from the Sunnah for a husband to abandon his wife for forty days after marriage?
Does searching online for terms related to sexual intercourse — with the possibility of pornographic websites appearing in mind — constitute a breach of an oath that linked entering pornographic websites with divorce?
Is a girl's online conversation with a young man, with her parents' knowledge and a sincere intention to marry, considered unlawful (haram)?
Is there a legitimate way, other than divorce, to reunite a family that separated after an eight-year marriage, which was preceded by an illicit relationship and then the repentance of both spouses, in order to avoid the family's dispersal after they learned of the invalidity of the initial marriage contract?
Would a girl accept to be associated with a committed young man and feel psychologically comfortable with him, despite his family's initial rejection of her and her family's discomfort with his family due to the apartment being in a cramped family home, and the groom's family's exaggeration in their demands, which complicated matters, then the young man returned to propose to her and refused to change the apartment, and she is now hesitant?
What is the status of a divorce after its description is amended from "irrevocable in exchange for absolution before consummation" to "divorce after consummation"? Does it remain irrevocable or become revocable, and what becomes of the absolution in this case?
Is it permissible to reduce the deferred dowry agreed upon to less than 50 gold liras without the consent of the divorced wife, knowing that the reason for the divorce was the husband preventing her from attending a mixed wedding party, and that the husband does not possess this amount?
Is it permissible for a suitor to smell the perfume of his fiancée if she passes by him?
What is the ruling on the actions of the fiancé and the sister in the story mentioned, and how can one regain self-confidence and trust in others after this experience?