Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
What is the ruling on marrying a woman who is referred to as "my wife" and treated as a wife, while being engaged to another woman?
What is the ruling on repeatedly swearing by divorce to one's wife, given that the wife sometimes fulfilled what he wanted? Does divorce occur each time?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on a man marrying his maternal aunt's daughter without knowing that she is afflicted with a jinn, and what should he do after finding this out and before consummating the marriage, while taking into account the ties of kinship?
Is it permissible for a woman to arrange her own marriage or the marriage of another, and is the authorization written by the man to his wife for the marriage of their daughter valid if no one witnessed it and he later denied it?
What is the ruling on a man who forced his wife to waive the condition of an independent home in the marriage contract by threatening divorce, while there is an independent home for his other wife, which led to her father's anger and animosity towards her? And does the father have a right over her, and what is the ruling on her disobedience to him? And is the father sinful for preventing her from visiting her family?
What is the written formula for customary, civil, and Sharia marriage contracts?
Does the aforementioned wife deserve a dowry after it became apparent that she was not a virgin and the husband divorced her?
If a woman has been irrevocably divorced by her husband with a major divorce (baynunah kubra), and she lives in a country where she currently cannot access a Sharia court to request khul', is it permissible for her to marry another man before obtaining the khul' document, and would her marriage be invalid or would she be sinful if she did so?
Is love forbidden in Islam?
What is the ruling on taking a sum of money from the usurper and his relatives as compensation for the woman's guardians for the dishonor they suffered due to the rape, and what is the solution if there is fear of discord should it not be permissible?
Is the custodial mother entitled to claim custody of her daughter after her marriage and divorce from the father, who also remarried?
Are children, after an irrevocable divorce, given the choice to live with one of the parents? Is their maintenance obligatory upon the father if they choose the mother? Is there a specific amount for compensation (mutʿah)? And is the divorced woman entitled to claim compensation for the damage resulting from her leaving her job due to the husband's condition?
Is it permissible to propose to a pregnant divorcee who is observing her iddah (waiting period), and is it permissible to conduct only the administrative marriage contract during her iddah to facilitate some administrative matters?
Does a divorce issued by a husband with the words "you are divorced" take effect after his wife threatened to expose him?
To what extent is the marriage contract valid that was concluded between the questioner's sister and a young man whom the father does not approve of, after the sister claimed she was expelled from the home, and appointed a lawyer to sign the contract, despite the father's continuous refusal and his insistence on the invalidity of the marriage without a guardian?
Is the marriage of a woman to a family friend after she requests a divorce (khulʿ) and intends to marry him before the divorce is finalized valid in Islamic law, and what is the ruling after she has given birth to two children?
What are the legitimate rights, in terms of dowry (mahr), advance payment (muqaddam), and bridal gift (sadaq), for a fiancée who is divorced at the time of the marriage contract?
What is the ruling on divorcing an atheist who swore to divorce many times in a fit of rage, then returned to Islam and remembered his oaths?
Is a suitor entitled to joke around with a non-mahram woman under the pretext of not being in control of his actions, and what are the betrothed woman's rights in this case?
Is a husband's statement: "I swear by divorce that such and such will not happen" considered a divorce if the thing he swore by does happen?
What is the ruling regarding a man who had a sexual relationship with a girl, and she became pregnant, then the pregnancy was aborted, and after a period of time, he married her with a legal contract, but the dowry was not paid nor was the marriage publicly consummated, while their relationship continued, and how can she become lawful for him?
What is the ruling on a husband keeping photographs of his wife after the legitimate and administrative marriage contracts, but before consummation, and what are the permissible limits of looking, if that is permissible?
Is it permissible to hold a large celebration, invite people, and wear a ring and necklace after the marriage contract (aqd al-qiran) that was conducted only in the presence of family and with a simple dinner?
What is the religious ruling on a marriage in which it was discovered that the wife has a chronic illness (diabetes) that she concealed from the husband before the contract, and is the contract considered valid, and is the husband entitled to annul it, and is the wife entitled to compensation in case of annulment, and is divorce in this case considered arbitrary divorce?