Marriage Contract and Mahr
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ما هي المدة الشرعية لمبيت الزوج عند زوجته الثانية، المطلقة البكر التي لم يجامعها طليقها لكنه خلا بها؟
Is it permissible for a woman to request the dissolution of her marriage contract if the husband wants to build a house with an interest-based loan?
Is it permissible for a betrothed woman to go out without the permission of her fiancé after the marriage contract (aqd al-qiran) but before the actual consummation of the marriage?
Is a woman considered disobedient and sinful if she rejects her fiancé’s request to quit her studies and stay at home, without a convincing reason for that?
Is it permissible for the sister or the father to take the shabaka (bridal gift) and the check presented as a penalty clause after discovering the young man's deception and his agreement to divorce, knowing that both parties had agreed to it?
Does a divorce occur if the groom says "You are divorced" on the day of the marriage contract, knowing that he was joking and the contract was not administratively ثبت (ratified/registered) on the same day?
What is the expiation for the sin of engaging in a relationship that resulted in pregnancy outside of marriage, and does this pregnancy become permissible after a legal marriage?
Is it permissible for a marriage contract to be witnessed by one man and two women, or by four women? And is it a condition that the witnesses to the marriage contract be Muslim, especially if the bride is from the People of the Book?
Is it permissible to divorce one's wife a year after the marriage contract but before the consummation of the marriage due to disagreements with her family?
Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to stay for a long time in the mosque, specifically to attend her marriage contract in the women's section?
Is it permissible to reconcile with one's wife after divorcing her for the second time, knowing that the husband had intended to divorce her with the triple repudiation to threaten her family, but did not utter it?
What is the legal ruling on a married man who raped a minor, then married her to avoid legal prosecution, and then divorced her? Does Allah's judgment against him fall away by marriage or by the passage of time? And what is the ruling on laws that contradict Sharia, and are they binding?
What is the ruling regarding someone who discovers that he is the son of Zina (illegitimate, born out of wedlock) and was attributed to someone other than his biological father, and what are the resulting Sharia issues, such as the ruling on shaking hands with the son of his mother's maternal uncle, what should he do when getting married, and the ruling on using a pseudonym to avoid the forbidden name?
Are previous prayers unacceptable because of the practice of masturbation, and will the questioner be rewarded for what afflicted him after repentance, and what should he do regarding marriage and fears of not fulfilling the wife's rights, and should he tell her before or after marriage, and is marriage obligatory for him or is the obligation waived for him?
Does the excessive financial burden borne by a young man for marriage, such as buying and furnishing an apartment, and paying a dowry (mahr) and a wedding gift (shabka), while the woman's role is weak despite the equality of rights and duties, and her demanding of the deferred dowry, alimony, and divorce expenses upon separation, align with the Almighty's saying: "Allah does not burden a soul beyond its capacity"? And are both genders held accountable in the same way?
What is the religious ruling regarding the situation of a couple where the husband abandoned his wife, then his infidelity became apparent, and the wife refused to return to him, based on the noble verse: "The fornicator does not marry except a fornicatress or a polytheist; and as for the fornicatress, none marries her except a fornicator or a polytheist. And that has been made unlawful for the believers," and they are living in the same house to avoid divorce and its effects on the children and social scandal? And what is the husband's right over his wife in this case?
Is a marriage that took place without the guardian's approval—due to his refusal of the dowry—whereupon the girl proceeded to marry the young man in the presence of his sister, the religious officiant, and witnesses, and then the girl's family found out about it and later approved after they had children, considered a legitimate marriage or not, and what is the ruling on this marriage?
What is the story of the Prophet's marriage to Juwayriyah bint al-Harith, and how can we refute the misconception that he married her out of lust or in exchange for her freedom? Is it true that her father came to ransom her, but she chose the Prophet?
Is it obligatory to perform ghusl if unknown fluids are discharged upon touching the fiancé, even if this occurs in front of everyone?
What is the ruling on the divorce of a man who claims not to remember the first divorce, while his wife confirms its occurrence?
Is the mother entitled to marry off her 18-year-old daughter to her husband's son despite the objection of the father residing in America? And what is the fatwa of Imam Al-Shafi'i that permits this? Is it Islamically permissible for the daughter to live with her mother, her stepfather, and his young adult sons in the same house before marriage?
Is it permissible for a husband to expel his wife and divorce her based on the words of his parents and brother after he hit her and they informed them of what happened between them?
Does divorce take place and does the wife's legal right to the dowry, furnishings, and deferred dowry fall if she smokes, knowing that she is threatened with divorce by her husband, and is this threat considered an oath of divorce?
What is the distribution of the inheritance of a man who died, leaving behind a wife whom he had not consummated the marriage with, a father, a mother, one brother, and one sister?