Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is it permissible for a woman to seek divorce and reclaim the full dowry if she remains a virgin after marriage due to the husband's inability to penetrate, despite her attempts with him and doctors advising him to change positions without him responding?
Is it permissible to deliver messages containing words of love between an imprisoned fiancé and his fiancée, and is there sin upon the one who delivers them?
Is the fiancée's condition to postpone the wedding due to her cousins' inability to attend considered an injustice to the fiancé who wishes to expedite the marriage, especially after previous postponements for various reasons?
Is swearing on the Book of Allah to stop watching pornography, at the request of one's fiancée, considered associating the fiancée with Allah?
What is the ruling on the a woman living alone in a Western country marrying without a guardian, and who would be her guardian in this situation?
When is the appropriate time for a woman to say, "I have married myself to you on the condition that my affairs be in my hands; I may divorce myself whenever I wish," and would this be in the presence of the شرعي (Shari'i) registrar?
Will Allah punish me or take revenge on me by sending me a bad suitor because I was previously involved with someone without everyone's knowledge?
Is it permissible for a husband and wife to agree to marriage without intimate relations after the marriage, if the husband does not object due to his old age?
Is the wife sinful or blameworthy for not pleasing her husband if she refrains from showing him something of her body after the legitimate marriage contract, without reasons or pretexts?
Do the statements made by the husband, such as "I will divorce her" or "I will leave her," during marital disputes, invalidate the marriage contract?
Is a divorce that occurs between a couple before a judge after the wife waives her rights considered khulʿ (divorce at the wife's instance) or a [regular] divorce, and in this case, does the woman observe an ʿiddah (waiting period) of one menstrual cycle or three menstrual cycles?
Is it permissible to marry one's daughter and then divorce her, so that her mother becomes unlawful for the husband, enabling him to help her?
Does a triple divorce take effect if pronounced by the husband under duress, and with the intention of not bringing about the divorce?
Is sexual intercourse a prerequisite in the Maliki and Hanafi schools for a woman to become lawful for her first husband, or is the marriage contract and private seclusion sufficient without sexual intercourse? And is it true that only the Shafi'i school stipulated sexual intercourse?
What are a wife's rights after she files for divorce, and what are her financial rights, given her assertion of psychological harm, and her family's rejection of the proposed expenses for the son, and their threat to deprive the father of seeing his son because of his inability to pay the full expenses, knowing that the wife used to refuse to take care of the home, curse the husband and his family, reject him as a husband, and neglect her son?
How valid is it to refrain from consummating the marriage with one's wife after the legal marriage contract (aqd al-qiran al-shar'i) and to abstain from visiting her or being in seclusion with her until the official wedding, for fear of the high divorce rates in this era?
Is helping one's husband masturbate via text message permissible or forbidden, and what is the correct course of action in this situation?
Is it just for a husband to divorce his wife after 42 years of marriage, and pay her only 7,000 pounds (1,000 deferred dowry and 6,000 consolation payment), despite his wealth, while she suffers from illness and is in need of money, or is she forced to live in humiliation with her children? And is it permissible for him to pay the deferred dowry with the same value that was written 42 years ago when he was poor?
I divorced my wife with three [declarations], and I was in a state of ritual impurity (janabah). So, does the divorce take effect?
Must the guardian of a divorced, pregnant woman who has given birth be her father in order to take her back, or is her brother sufficient?
Is a wife obliged to return the dowry to her husband after he learned of her previous marriage and consented to it, and their marital life continued, and then he asked for a separation and demanded the return of the dowry?
What is the ruling on a fiancée staying with her fiancé under one roof and his leading her in prayer?
What is the ruling on a sister exceeding the limits in conversation with her fiancé via phone and internet, while she refuses to عقد النكاح (consummate the marriage contract) and her family interferes?
Is a marriage contracted between two parties by signing a contract between them, but not registered or authenticated, considered a legitimate and permissible marriage?