Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is it permissible for a widowed woman to marry عرفيًا (through an unregistered customary marriage) without the knowledge of her brothers and children, especially if the purpose is chastity and to avoid sin, with the agreement to establish the marital home in another country, and for the husband to visit for two or three days a week?
Is it permissible to speak with the fiancée after the recitation of the Fatiha, in the presence of her family, to discuss matters of marriage? Who should be present at the marriage contract (aqd)? Is the suitor his own guardian (wali) in this situation? And is it permissible to speak with her as an official wife after the contract?
What is the religious ruling on a man divorcing his wife more than three times while she is menstruating, after he had previously divorced her once?
ما هي شروط الخلع، وهل يصح في حالة غياب الرجل أكثر من سنة؟
What is the ruling on secret marriage with witnesses, paid in installments, and with the intention of not having children, for someone who fears temptation and cannot marry publicly, and whose wife is sick and bedridden with her family?
Must a Muslim woman cease spending on her underage children after converting to Islam, and does the ruling "Islam obliterates what came before it" apply to the children as it applies to the husband?
Is it obligatory to return money paid as a dowry for a future marriage, despite gifts being bought for the person themselves that exceed the original amount, and given the recipient's financial hardship?
Is a divorce that occurred via text message considered an irrevocable divorce, and what are the implications of that in terms of the waiting period (iddah) and expiation (kaffarah), and is it permissible to take the wife back via text message without witnesses?
Is what the girl did—rejecting the young man on the grounds of not wanting to be committed for several years until she completes her higher education and work—considered haram and hurtful to the young man?
Is it permissible for a girl to appoint her maternal cousin's son as her proxy in the marriage contract, in the presence of paternal cousins (from the asabah) but without their knowledge, and is the contract considered void if concluded in this manner by a Shaykh?
Is a husband's divorce of his deflowered wife permissible, and does she have all her rights, especially since it is probable that he was the one who deflowered her while he was going through a bad psychological state?
Does the legal waiting period (iddah) for a woman who filed for divorce in court begin from the date the divorce ruling is issued, or is the eight-month period she spent away from her husband counted as part of the waiting period?
Is marriage over the phone valid? And should the questioner continue his relationship with a girl he met over the phone and whom he is asking to marry after she has started memorizing the Quran, knowing that the girl’s mother divorced her husband before his death, then married customarily, then separated, and then married her first husband’s friend? What is the girl’s sin in her mother’s actions, and is it possible that she could become like her? What should the questioner do about this situation?
Is it permissible to give a granddaughter from her grandmother's Zakat al-mal, knowing that the granddaughter's father does not spend on her, and the dowry (muqaddam al-sadaq) is not sufficient for her wedding preparations (jahaaz)?
What is the ruling regarding someone whose heart is stirred by the occurrence of divorce due to an ambiguous pronouncement, who cannot recall the exact words he said to his wife, but believes it was either an apparent metonymy or an explicit phrase, and it was uttered spontaneously without thought?
Is a woman entitled to annul the marriage contract and take half of the dower due to the husband's delay in handing over the dower stipulated in the contract?
Do the woman or her guardian have the right to waive the conditions stipulated by the guardian to the suitor during the marriage contract?
Is it permissible for a man to return to his former fiancée, knowing that there is another suitor who has proposed to her and she has accepted him, and then she broke off her engagement to him for reasons unrelated to him? And what should he do in such a situation?
When does the payment of the advance and deferred dowry for the fiancée become forfeited in the event of a broken engagement?
Is it permissible to marry a repentant fornicating woman who feels remorse and aspires to chastity, and who went through difficult circumstances that compelled her to do so?
Should a girl continue her engagement to a righteous and loving young man, despite not feeling the desire to complete the relationship with him?
Does Istikhara indicate the permissibility of continuing a romantic relationship until the completion of studies for the purpose of marriage?
Do the three divorces take effect, and what is the ruling for each of them, and what is the way to reconcile in each case?
Is it self-inflicted injustice for a wife to remain with her husband who has not consummated the marriage due to a binding spell (sihr al-rabt)? And is it permissible for her to declare her virginity after divorce?