Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
What is the nature of an Islamic wedding and how did the Companions conduct their weddings? Was there a betrothal (khitbah) before marriage in the era of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him? And what are the appropriate questions that can be asked to a prospective spouse?
How is marriage contracted between a Muslim man and a woman from the People of the Book?
Is it permissible in Islam to have sexual intercourse with a slave woman or a concubine against her will, and how did Muslims treat captives?
What is the ruling on the marriage of a man and a woman whose marriage contract was solemnized by a شيخ who later turned out to be a sorcerer?
Is it permissible for a woman to marry her first husband's son?
What is said in the marriage sermon? May Allah reward you with all good.
Is it permissible for a girl to marry a Muslim man without the knowledge of her parents, due to her atheist father's refusal and her mother's pretext of the young man's father's ill-treatment of his two wives, while the girl fears her father might harm her mother?
What is your advice regarding the feeling of fear and anxiety about the marriage not being completed or divorce occurring, even though the wife, with whom the marriage contract has been concluded, is the ideal wife?
Does a conversation that took place between a young man and a young woman via Facebook, which included an offer and acceptance of marriage, their calling each other "my husband" and "my wife," and the knowledge of friends and acquaintances thereof, constitute a legally valid marriage contract (nikah sahīh shar'an) or a void marriage (nikah fāsid)? And does a divorce resulting from it take effect?
What is incumbent upon a man who married his sister through breastfeeding and had children with her, then learned the reality of their kinship?
Is the husband entitled to reclaim the dowry and gifts if the wife requests divorce before consummation, but after a seclusion with her that did not involve intercourse, knowing that there was a child present in the place during the seclusion? And is he entitled to the full dowry, half of it, or none of it?
What are a wife's legal rights upon divorce, and what is the ruling on mut'ah (compensatory gift) in Islamic Sharia compared to Egyptian law?
What is the wisdom behind making the waiting period (iddah) after divorce three menstrual cycles instead of one?
Is it permissible for a Christian wife to stipulate that she takes the children to church and has them baptized in exchange for her agreement that their father takes them to the mosque, knowing that they reside in the wife's country?
What is the ruling on marrying a man with a forged contract without the wife's knowledge, and what is the husband's punishment in this case?
Am I entitled to marry a girl I love and whose family I have spoken with?
Is there any sin upon one who, out of ignorance, referred to his fiancée as "my sister," and is expiation (kaffarah) required of him for that?
Does divorce take place if a man says to his wife, "If you come to know a man other than me, then you are divorced," and she had known a man before marriage and continued her relationship with him after marriage?
Is the marriage contract valid when the news of marriage to the first wife is concealed from the second wife's guardian, while the second wife is aware of it?
Is it obligatory for a woman to observe the iddah (waiting period) at home after a divorce from an urfi (customary) marriage, considering that she cannot conceive and no one knows about her marriage?
What are the legitimate Islamic guidelines for the relationship between an engaged man and woman to avoid falling into forbidden acts?
How can a wife waive her right to divorce ( عصمة الطلاق) granted to her by her husband, and is merely informing the husband sufficient to nullify it, or does the matter require other procedures such as renewing the marriage contract?
Is my marriage to a man 25 years my senior valid, given that my father objects and my mother approves, and can the marriage contract be validly concluded without my father's consent?
Is the marriage contract valid if the son acts on behalf of the guardian in his mother's marriage after her divorce, knowing that the father is deceased and that the wife has other relatives?