Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is a marriage contract valid if "Insha'Allah" (God willing) or a similar phrase of deferment is used during the offer and acceptance?
What is the ruling on the marriage of a woman who has recently embraced Islam to a Muslim man, considering that she was married to a Christian man and had been physically separated from him for six months before her conversion to Islam, and she did not inform him of her conversion?
Is it permissible to perform a marriage contract between a Muslim man and a Muslim woman, one or both of whom do not pray out of laziness and disobedience, not out of denial?
Is it permissible for a girl who was forced to marry her cousin to request a divorce, especially since she has been living an unhappy life with him for four years?
Does a divorced woman forfeit her maintenance and become considered disobedient (nashiz) and thus not entitled to her deferred mahr (sadaq) if she steals the contents of the house and leaves it before the completion of her iddah (waiting period)?
Are the expenses of the wife's travel and return tickets, as well as her other expenses, considered among the husband's duties if she works as a teacher outside the area and his income is limited?
Is the husband, who was one of the parties to a car accident in which his wife died, entitled to inherit from her, knowing that he bore 25% of the responsibility for the accident? What is the fate of the unclaimed 25% of the blood money? Do the parents deserve any of it? What is the fate of the deferred dowry and the wife's other possessions?
Is it permissible for the marriage contract to be solemnized between the proxy of the absent groom and the girl, in the presence of the families of both parties?
Is a wife sinful if she does not communicate with her husband due to an oath of divorce sworn by her father against her mother? And does injustice befall the wife in this case of divorce?
Is it permissible for a woman to seek divorce through a judge without the knowledge of her husband, who resides in another country, and does this preserve her right to the deferred dowry, especially with the husband's neglect and his family's refusal to give her the remaining part of the dowry?
What are the legal implications for the wife, in terms of mahr, maintenance, and 'iddah, and what are her obligations, if she requests a divorce due to harm caused by her husband's abandonment and refusal to financially support her?
Is it permissible for a woman who was forced into marriage and then divorced with a revocable divorce after consummation, to leave the marital home before the 'iddah period ends, and is she entitled to refuse to return to her husband during the 'iddah period?
Does divorce take place with the statement, "If you leave the house today, you are divorced by two [talaqs]," when the wife did not leave on the same day, and does divorce take place if she leaves on the second day?
Is there an 'iddah for a woman who has been divorced after the marriage contract, but before consummation, if there was a khalwah (private meeting) but no intercourse occurred?
Does divorce take effect by agreeing to sign divorce papers with the intention of divorce? Does signing the papers confirm the divorce? If it takes effect, what is the waiting period (iddah) for a wife whose menstrual cycle is irregular? Is it permissible to circumvent the law to obtain a divorce certificate in order to marry another, knowing that the law does not permit polygyny?
What is the ruling on a man returning to his wife after he divorced her with three pronouncements, and Dar al-Ifta informed him that the first pronouncement is left to his conscience?
What is the ruling on one who says to his wife, "You are thrice divorced" or "You are divorced, divorced, divorced" without intending a specific number, and what is the source of the fatwa and the adopted madhhab?
What are the differences in rights after divorce between the two situations: the first where the husband divorces his wife without her presence before the marriage registrar, and the second where she is present and absolves him? And what are the rights of the divorcee in both situations? considering the age difference between the spouses and the difficulty of her marrying someone else.
What is the fate of a girl born from a pregnancy that occurred after the marriage contract (aqd al-qiran) but before the consummation (wedding night), and what is the mother's sin in this case?
What is the ruling on deferring all or part of the mahr (dower), what are its effects and rulings, is it permissible for the wife to deny herself to her husband because of it, and what are the views of the four schools of thought on this matter?
What is the expiation for someone who swore by divorce, saying: "Divorce upon me that I will never go to my friend's house at all except for extreme necessity," when he did not intend divorce but rather to prevent himself from going, and now he wishes to go? And what is the expiation for breaking this oath of divorce?
What is the ruling on an 'urfi marriage if its legal pillars are met – the guardian, two witnesses, and the dowry – but without public announcement and declaration among people?
Does a divorce issued by the husband via "WhatsApp" to his wife, with whom he has contracted marriage but has not yet consummated it, take effect, given that the husband is found to be a drug addict and has suspicious relationships with women? Is an 'iddah (waiting period) obligatory for the wife, and is it permissible for her to appear to a suitor for a legitimate viewing during the 'iddah period?
Is a relationship with a girl, going out with her, and talking to her, forbidden?