Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
What is the ruling on a man divorcing his wife with a triple divorce if she goes to a specific house without her knowledge of his oath?
What is it that legally prevents me as a father from absolutely prohibiting my daughter from marrying, and would I be unjust if I prevented her from marrying in the first place? Is her marriage valid without my consent if there is no guardian for her other than me? What is the legal proof that I do not have the right to prevent her?
Is it permissible to pray for the father not to get married? And is the marriage contract valid if someone other than the father performs it, with his consent or without his knowledge, or if a sheikh performs it with the consent of the guardians? And does guardianship transfer to the brother if the father rejects a suitor only once?
Is it permissible to marry a foreign woman for a specific period to obtain citizenship, knowing that this is the only means of livelihood?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on civil marriage—on paper only, without reciting the Fatiha or having a relationship—for the purpose of settling residency and obtaining a sum of money?
Is it permissible for a man to take his wife back after he divorced her over the phone three times, knowing that the marriage contract was concluded with a Kitābīyah (a woman of the People of the Book) without a guardian, based on the saying of Imam Abū Ḥanīfah?
What is the ruling on Nahwa?
Which is better: zina or secret marriage, for fear of falling into Allah's boundaries, given that the mother refuses marriage due to poor financial conditions?
What is the ruling on a wife refusing marital intimacy until she moves to an independent home?
Is the wife's saying, "I am divorced," sufficient for the divorce to take effect if the matter of her divorce is in her hand according to the marriage contract, or must she say, "I have divorced myself," or, "I am divorced from you"?
What is the legitimate right, according to Sharia, of a girl whose husband divorced her after the marriage contract but before consummation, and is she entitled to demand the furniture list that was written in the contract, of which none has been brought?
Is playing music at a marriage contract celebration, restricted to women, without dancing, for the purpose of joy, unlawful (haram)? And is preparing a music tape for that considered a sin?
Am I entitled to retrieve the Mahr (dowry) after discovering that my wife concealed her previous marriage and divorce from me, especially given that I asked her about it before the marriage contract and she denied any previous marital ties?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding the death of a man two hours after the marriage contract and before consummating the marriage with his wife?
What is the ruling on a legitimate marriage before the completion of legal divorce proceedings, and is it necessary for it to be conducted in the mosque, and is the testimony of male siblings (aged 18/19) permissible?
If a wife who was irrevocably divorced with a minor, irrevocable divorce returns to her husband with a new contract, does the count of the three divorces resume, or is it counted from the last divorce? And does the conditional divorce, suspended on her not entering her brother's house, take effect if she enters it after her waiting period has ended and she has returned to him?
Is it permissible for a woman to stipulate in the marriage contract that her husband not marry another woman?
What is the ruling on gifts and money given to the groom on his wedding night?
Does the wife's guardian have the right to prevent her from her husband and refuse to complete the marriage without a legitimate reason?
Is the wife entitled to seek divorce, the deferred mahr, and the list of movables because she rejected her husband marrying another woman, and because he refused to have children with her despite them having no children? And what is the Shar'i ruling? And is she sinful?
What are the limits of a wife's service to her husband, and does the ruling on housework differ from that of serving the husband personally? Does abstaining from any of these services render her prayer unacceptable, based on the Hadith: "Two, their prayer does not ascend: a runaway slave until he returns, and a woman who disobeys her husband until she returns"? And is it permissible for a woman to stipulate in the marriage contract that she will not perform these services?
Is the husband's action considered unjust when he breaks his promise not to marry or communicate with another woman, which was a condition before the marriage contract, claiming it was not documented in writing, while he is now communicating with a foreign woman?
Is it permissible for a woman to stipulate to her husband that he not approach her?
Does mentioning a non-virgin wife (thayyib) in a marriage contract, contrary to her true status, affect the legal consent, considering that the consent of a thayyib differs from that of a virgin (bikr) in the hadith: "A non-virgin woman may not be married until her command is sought, and a virgin may not be married until her permission is sought." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, and how is her permission?" He said: "That she remains silent"?