Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is it necessary to renew the marriage contract if it is discovered afterwards that the guardian or one of the witnesses is a polytheist who worships graves, seeks intercession, and slaughters for other than Allah?
What should I do about my increasing doubts regarding my brother's wife and her potential affiliation with people of innovation (Ahl al-Bid'ah), especially after I noticed my brother's ideas increasingly inclining towards them, knowing that he does not wish to divorce her due to her good character, her treatment, and their children together?
Is it permissible for a girl to seek khulʿ and annulment of the marriage contract in the absence of her husband, and is it permissible for the questioner to marry her, if her first marriage contract was not officially documented, and her husband is absent and nothing is known about him?
Is the husband entitled to annul the marriage contract upon discovering the wife has skin laxity that she did not inform him about before the marriage?
Is it recommended to عقد الزواج (solemnize marriage) on Friday, or is that considered a bid‘ah (innovation), and what is the most preponderant opinion on this matter?
What is the ruling on a suitor calling the fiancée's mother to check on them and inquire about their well-being, and does the ruling differ if the fiancée's father has passed away or if her mother is joking?
Must a daughter give her dowry to her father and pay him a monthly sum to avoid his curses upon her?
Is it permissible for me to expel my wife from the home after she disposed of the gift I gave her by selling the gold and giving the money to her father, claiming he needed it, especially since we have children together?
What is the ruling on a woman marrying after being certain of her husband's death, then it becomes clear that her husband had not died?
Is it permissible to seek divorce from a husband who has written the marriage contract with her but has not yet consummated the marriage, given that he concealed from her his suffering from depression, which has progressed to affect his physical health, along with her fear of the impact of his psychological condition on her, and is she entitled in this case to demand her legitimate rights of mahr (dower) and shabaka (engagement gifts), and is she required to observe 'iddah (waiting period)?
Is it permissible to prevent a wife from studying in her parents' governorate, and to limit her study to the husband's governorate, despite a prior agreement to study without specifying the location?
What is the Shariah ruling on a husband taking back his wife with a new marriage contract and new conditions, without documenting the previous divorce, while the first contract remains valid?
Is a marriage considered invalid if it was conducted without the explicit knowledge and consent of the girl, with the presence of an unauthorized officiant, and without official documentation, and what is the status of the girl after five years have passed since this contract?
Is what the father did by writing a list of movables with a Quranic verse and entrusting the husband with the trust, instead of specifying the contents of the list, considered a negligence of his daughter's right?
What must I do regarding oaths of divorce whose details I do not recall, knowing that some of them were intended to intimidate, and others had no specific intention determined?
Does my uncle's repeated statement, "She is yours," since her childhood and after her maturity, make the girl my wife Islamically, despite his current refusal for us to marry?
When is a man permitted to marry his wife's sister?
Is a marriage considered void if it is not consummated after more than six months following the marriage contract, and must the contract be renewed when the wife arrives in Canada?
What is the Sharia ruling regarding my current marriage, which was contracted before the completion of my waiting period (iddah) from my second ex-husband? Am I required to offer expiation (kaffarah) for this? And does the ruling of a person in dire necessity (al-mudtarra) apply to my acceptance of this marriage?
Is a husband entitled to annul the marriage contract and reclaim the dowry upon discovering dark spots on his wife's body after marriage, contrary to what he stipulated and expected?
Is a marriage contracted under duress valid, and what is the ruling on compelling one's wife to have intercourse; is that considered a form of adultery?
How does the person suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (waswas) know the true intention of his divorce, and is he allowed to take advantage of dispensations to alleviate his burden, and what is the meaning of the statement that the divorce of a person suffering from waswas does not take effect unless he genuinely intends it?
Are children considered witnesses in a verbal marriage contract?
Is it permissible to perform the marriage contract without celebrations three months after the death of the bride's father, while her mother's 'iddah has not yet ended?