Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
What is the ruling on listening to singing and watching stories of singing and dancing? What is your advice to women and girls in this regard? What is an effective method for counseling a wife in this area? What is the ruling on a woman or girl dancing in her home or at weddings? What is the punishment for that in the sight of Allah? How should a husband or fiancé deal with his wife or fiancée so that she abandons these things and remains with him?
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Is it permissible for a young man and woman to cooperate financially to cover the costs of marriage, knowing that the young man currently does not possess sufficient financial means?
Is it permissible to exaggerate the deferred dower by requesting an amount of 30,000 Egyptian pounds, despite the guardian waiving the prompt dower, and knowing that this is beyond the young man's means?
What is the ruling on a husband taking his wife back after divorcing her secretly without documentation and after the 'iddah period has passed, and is it possible for the matter to remain a secret between the spouses?
Is it obligatory to renew the marriage contract if the husband expelled his wife and she remained in her family's home for more than two months? And what is the duration of the marriage contract?
What is the ruling on someone who, in a state of anger, swore by the inviolability of his Hajj that he would not proceed with what had been agreed upon concerning the preparations for his marriage contract, but then recanted and completed his marriage?
Is it permissible for a woman who has been revocably divorced to set conditions for her husband for her to return to him? And does this require a new marriage contract?
Should I return the money that my wife’s mother gave me as assistance before consummating the marriage, given the problems between us and the ongoing divorce and obedience lawsuits?
Is it permissible for a sister to separate from her husband civilly (Danish civil divorce) in order to obtain independent housing for herself and her children, while the legitimate marriage contract (nikah) remains valid?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on a young Muslim man continuing a relationship with a non-Muslim girl, living together under one roof, without a legally valid contract complete in its pillars, knowing that they have agreed on future marriage and that the girl desires to embrace Islam, and will the young man be held accountable for the girl's deficiency in understanding Islam due to her not mastering the Arabic language?
What is the repentance for someone who married fictitiously and obtained residency in a European country, and must he get rid of these documents, and is this act like taking usurious money, with its repentance being to dispose of the documents?
Is it permissible for a husband to keep his wife in his wedlock despite her strong refusal and her treating him as her brother, and is she sinful for denying him intimacy?
Is there any mention in the Quran or Sunnah that indicates the existence of a deferred dowry (mu'akhkhar al-sadaq) as a right for the wife upon divorce?
Does it affect the validity of the marriage contract if the groom's representative in the contract is the uncle instead of the brother, and without an explicit authorization from the groom?
Are the recurrent marital problems with his wife, her constant rejection of him, her repeated demands for divorce and khulʿ, and her claim that she only married him to escape her family's home, due to a rural man's marriage to a Cairene woman, coupled with his kindness, peacefulness, and continuous compromises to please her, especially since he knows that her divorce would not be good for her or their children due to her illness and her hatred for her family?
What is the ruling on conducting the marriage contract before the wedding (a few months or a year) with the aim of enabling the young man to visit his fiancée in her family's home and be satisfied with her conversation over other women, and can this be a reason for seeking provision (rizq)?
What is the ruling of Islamic law concerning a man who divorced his wife with a single pronouncement and then took her back after her 'iddah period ended, without her knowledge?
Is it permissible for a woman to marry a man who is already married to another, knowing that the man will not state in the contract that he is married?
What is the ruling on a woman marrying another man before the expiration of her waiting period (iddah) from her first husband, and what is the ruling on her returning to her first husband based on what he heard that she is still considered his wife?
Does a man's uttering of phrases of disbelief (kufr), even in a state of extreme anger, annul the marriage contract and necessitate its renewal with a dower (mahr) and witnesses? And does a man's divorce take effect if he had previously uttered disbelief without knowing that the contract was annulled?
Is the phrase "ʻaqd qirān" (marriage contract) correct instead of "ʻaqd az-zawāj" (marriage contract)?
Is the wife sinful for seeking divorce from her husband who sleeps with his daughter in the same room, leaving her alone, and who insults and mistreats her, forces her to stay with his family, takes her gold, and demands the annulment of the deferred mahr?
Is it permissible for the girl's family to stipulate to the suitor that he must complete his doctoral studies?