Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Does a married woman who has committed adultery remain a lawful wife, or is her marriage annulled and she divorced as a result of her action?
What is the religious ruling on a man marrying when he claimed to have converted to Christianity to obtain asylum, while affirming his adherence to Islam, and is his marriage considered void in this case?
What are the rights of a divorced wife, before consummation, concerning her husband who left her without money or a job after he asked her to quit her job and promised her financial assistance, then divorced her?
Is it permissible for the maternal uncle to be the guardian for my fiancée, and her brother a witness to the marriage contract, due to her father's death, or must the brother be the guardian?
Is it permissible to conduct a marriage contract via Skype between a Muslim young man and a Christian young woman, where the young man's father acts as the guardian for the young woman, and his brothers are present as witnesses? And what are the Sharia impediments that must be avoided?
Is it Islamically permissible to kiss the hand of my fiancée's mother, who is like a mother to me, and to place my hand on her when she cries, knowing that she is older than my own mother?
What is the ruling regarding a wife returning to her husband after being divorced three times without a muhallil, on the grounds that the second divorce was invalid because she was pregnant?
Does the pre-marital mutual thigh-fondling (mufakhadha), without penetration, that occurred between the fiancé and fiancée before the marriage contract (aqd al-nikah) invalidate the marriage contract, and does it necessitate a waiting period ('istibra)?
What must a wife do to annul a marriage contract in a non-Islamic country, where no Sharia judge is available, especially since her husband has been absent from her for nine months and does not fulfill her rights?
Is a marriage contracted without a guardian (wali), but in the presence of the mosque's imam and witnesses, yet without a documented marriage contract, considered Islamically valid? If not, what are the necessary steps to rectify it, and is it obligatory to renew the contract with the possibility of adding new conditions?
Is a husband required to divorce his wife who has embraced Islam but does not adhere to its teachings and associates with bad company, especially given his concern for their children's religious future in a non-Islamic country, or should he remain with her despite no signs of her improving?
Is Khul’ considered a divorce, and does it mean that only one divorce remains, and is it permissible for the spouses to return to each other after Khul’ twice, and how is that done?
Is it a condition for the effects of valid seclusion to take place that the husband explicitly demands intercourse, or is it sufficient to predominantly assume her consent or refusal, or is an attempt necessary?
Is my marriage to a Hindu woman, after my conversion to Islam, and then her conversion to Islam and the performance of a new marriage contract without observing the waiting period (iddah); considered permissible, and is my son from her legitimate?
Is it permissible for a man to marry his divorced wife after she marries another man in a "tahlil" (halala) marriage (a temporary, symbolic marriage meant to make her permissible for her former husband), and then this husband dies?
What should the heirs do regarding the remainder of the dowry, given that the marriage contract was concluded and the husband died after having paid part of the dowry, and he has debts exceeding the dowry?
What is the ruling on a marriage that was conducted without the guardian's permission, relying on a fatwa that permits it? And does a divorce issued during such a marriage, with the words "you are divorced, you are divorced, you are divorced," to a menstruating woman, count as three divorces? What should the husband do after he realized the invalidity of the marriage and the non-occurrence of the divorce from another perspective, and then divorced her again for fear that she might marry another man?
Is the mere offer and acceptance sufficient to enforce an un-documented marriage, or is the guardian's consent and understanding of the matter a condition, especially if the guardian considers it an engagement and denies his approval of the contract?
Is the marriage still valid, or must it be renewed after the husband denied it then later affirmed it?
Is it considered a valid return (rajʿah) if flirtatious and private pictures and words are exchanged, even if the husband did not verbally pronounce the return and officially affirmed in court that he would not take his wife back?
Is the marriage contract for her sister, conducted by the younger brother who is thirty years old, without the knowledge of the elder brother who is fifty years old, valid—considering that their father has passed away—or is the contract only valid with the elder brother as the guardian?
Is a marriage considered null and void if it was conducted without the woman's guardian (wali), especially if the contract was performed according to a madhhab that permits this, and what is the Islamic legal ruling for marriages that took place relying on the Hanafi school of thought in Uzbekistan, and must the contract be redone?
Is my second marriage legitimate and pleasing to Allah and His Messenger, and if not, what should we do?
Does the fact that the marriage contract agent (wakeel) does not pray affect the validity of the marriage, given that all other conditions for the contract are met?