Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
What is the ruling on a man marrying a woman who used to pray silently without moving her lips or tongue, and is her previous prayer valid?
Is the marriage considered valid despite the explicit صيغة الإيجاب والقبول (formula of proposal and acceptance) not being mentioned at the time of the engagement and the contract?
Is the young man considered a legal husband to the woman after he asked her to swear on the Qur’an to accept, and then announced the presence of witnesses to that, despite her separation from him?
Is it permissible to exchange chaste words of love with the girl promised in marriage, with the knowledge of her family except for her father and brother?
Does a divorce that the husband made conditional on selling gold without his knowledge take effect? What is its expiation? And what are the consequences, knowing that this is the second time the husband has sworn by divorce?
What is the ruling on the conditions stipulated by the father after his death, and what is the ruling on the girl leaving without her husband’s permission after she refused to live with her husband’s mother?
Is it permissible for a 47-year-old Thayyib (previously married woman) to marry without a Wali (guardian), especially since she lives alone in Morocco and her Wali refuses her marriage to someone from outside her country?
Is it permissible or forbidden for a wife to reside with her husband in the same house after her husband swore to divorce her three times on previous occasions and then officially divorced her, given the conflicting fatwas regarding whether these divorces took place?
1. Is this marriage valid? 2. Is this fetus, when it comes into the world, permissible or forbidden? 3. And what should this husband do? 4. What should the legitimate wife, who has two children, do? Should she inform any of her family or his family about what happened?
If a man divorces his wife before consummating the marriage, but after the marriage contract, is he entitled to reclaim the dower, gifts, and party expenses, regardless of whether the wife requested the divorce, or the husband desired it, or they mutually agreed upon separation? And does she have to observe an 'iddah (waiting period)?
What is the correct course of action if a young man proposes to a girl who is several months older than him, and the girl fears that the young man's family will not accept her and her family due to the age difference, which could cause family problems?
Is the marriage contract valid in the presence of the guardian and two witnesses who are the wife's sister and her niece? And is the marriage valid with only the guardian, without witnesses, based on the Maliki view?
Does a wife observe a waiting period (iddah) if her husband had anal intercourse with her after marriage, then divorced her before having vaginal intercourse with her, and is this considered a consummation of the marriage?
Is the marriage valid if it took place between a Muslim man and a Filipino woman who converted to Islam, with the consent of her non-Muslim brother and mother given virtually, and in the presence of the husband, wife, and two witnesses, and the husband said: "In the name of Allah, praise be to Allah, and prayers and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah, I marry you to myself according to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, upon the madhhab of Imam Abu Hanifa Al-Nu'man," and the wife accepted, and a mahr and jewelry were given without a written contract?
Does a divorce occur with the statement, "If you do not return home tomorrow after 1:30, then you are divorced," made with the intention of threat, and what is the ruling on the wife not returning, knowing that the judicial ruling affirmed the divorce based on the hadith, "Three matters whose seriousness is serious and whose jesting is serious," and on the wife leaving her home without my permission?
What should a girl do who has been engaged for four months to a man she has known for four years, and she feels fear, insecurity, and instability with him, and regrets her obedience to him in disobedience to her Lord, and describes him as moody, selfish, contradictory, caring for no one but himself, whose religiosity is wavering, and who wants to abolish her personality and ambitions?
What is the ruling on a man's oath of divorce to his wife, stating that she is divorced if she enters her father's house, after he had already divorced her twice, and in a situation where some scholars have advised them to perform Khul’ so that the two divorces are annulled and he can take her back with a new contract?
Is sexual intimacy with one's wife after a Khul' divorce, and before taking her back, considered a رجعة (resumption of marriage) or zina (fornication)?
How can the father of a girl who married without his permission be convinced that her marriage is valid, and what is the way to reconcile them, and is it necessary to annul the contract and re-establish it anew?
Is a verbal will documented by witnesses, in addition to a written will from the workplace—which the deceased believed would guarantee her nephews (whom she was supporting) all her possessions—considered valid and enforceable, especially since her husband did not provide for her and procrastinated divorcing her?
Is it permissible to combine the Maghrib and Isha prayers by advancing them due to being occupied with a marriage contract ceremony and its celebration?
Is it permissible for the girl and her family to demand half of the Mahr (dowry), or compensation for psychological harm, after the young man had handed over the agreed-upon Mahr to finalize the contract, but then the contract was not concluded the following day for unknown reasons?
Does a divorce take effect if the husband playfully says to his wife: "Tomorrow I will divorce you"?
Is it permissible for a person to sit with a girl he is engaged to, and the engagement has been announced and the ring exchanged, but the marriage contract has not been concluded due to her young age?