Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is it permissible for the dowry to be the sponsorship of an orphan, either through financial support or upbringing, and is this dowry better and greater than ordinary dowries?
Is it obligatory for someone afflicted with OCD to inform his fiancée of his condition, knowing that the condition is cognitive and does not affect conjugal rights, and does not informing her affect the validity of the marriage contract?
Is the husband considered sinful for withholding financial support from his wife who prevents him from seeing their children, and is their marriage religiously valid after the waiting period expires and without a new contract?
Is the marriage contract considered valid after repentance, knowing that there was a previous relationship (adultery) between the two parties before the marriage?
Does anything arise from my joking with the seller who expressed his desire to marry my daughter, and my agreement to this joking by saying: "Yalla shil" (Go ahead, take her/him)?
Is it permissible for the woman's guardian to revoke an oral authorization before the marriage contract? And is a contract concluded without the guardian's consent considered a فضولي (unauthorized) marriage that becomes valid with his subsequent approval?
Is a woman who cursed her fiancé in a moment of anger, then regretted it and prayed to God not to answer her prayer, held accountable?
Is granting a judge permission for a minor girl (16.5 years old) to marry, after her consent to the marriage—where the girl authorizes the signing of the marriage contract with the young man at the municipality—considered a valid Islamic contract, knowing that the approval in court was not in the form of offer and acceptance, and that the girl’s guardian and the young man had agreed, and the form of offer and acceptance was performed later in the Islamic contract with the Imam and in the civil contract at the municipality?
What is the ruling on divorce uttered in jest without intention or will, during the period of the marriage contract (kitab al-kitab)?
What is the ruling regarding the marriage of a man who told people he divorced his wife, while the wife says, "We separated and have no intention of reconciling, and we haven't met for three months," and she did not hear him utter a word that necessitates divorce? And is there an 'iddah period for a woman if she is compelled to go out for her needs?
What is the status of a wife whom her husband had intercourse with twice during her waiting period (iddah) against her will, and the waiting period ended without a formal resumption of marital relations, yet he claims she is still under his marital authority due to this intercourse?
Is it permissible for a Muslim mosque Imam to be appointed as a proxy for the marriage contract (nikah) of a Christian (Kitabiyyah) girl whose guardian resides in another country? And must her guardian know the identity and status of the Muslim proxy to accept his deputization? And what is the legitimate wording that the guardian’s proxy should use when proposing (ijab)?
Does a divorce take place if a person utters divorce euphemisms and doubts his firm intention?
Does a conditional divorce, made with the statement: "If my brother's wife tells her mother, then you are divorced," take effect if the husband is unaware that the condition has occurred?
Is the husband considered sinful for preventing his wife from conceiving and threatening to divorce her if she does not agree to that, knowing that he is absent from her for four months a year, and he justifies this by his old age and his desire to provide a dignified life for his children, even though he has 7 children from his first wife? And is the wife considered disobedient if she objects to being prevented from conceiving?
Is it permissible for a husband to take back his wife with a new contract and new mahr, after he had divorced her twice, and then for the third time, during her waiting period, he told her: "I have taken you back and you are divorced," intending to effect the third divorce, and then she completed her waiting period?
Is it permissible to marry another man, knowing that the husband divorced her by saying: "Go, and you are divorced (second divorce)," and he did not reconcile during the waiting period, and the wife has been living separately from him for years?
What is a wife entitled to after the marriage contract, but before consummation and seclusion, in the event of an agreement to divorce, knowing that no mahr was specified, but rather a shabakah was given and a deferred mahr was stipulated? And is the shabakah considered a mahr, and does she take half of it, or does she take it in full?
Is it permissible to marry the 17-year-old pregnant widow of a younger brother, in order to raise the child in my home, but without intercourse due to lack of desire?
What is the ruling on a wife who stipulated residing in her country and refused to live in her husband's country after he agreed to her conditions, given that she is stubborn, ill-mannered, and disregards his anger?
What should I do to achieve the رضا (contentment/pleasure) of my father, who wants to postpone my marriage, given my fiancé's desire to complete it on its scheduled date?
Must the wife return the gifts (wedding ring, ring, necklace) given to her by the husband before marriage? Are they counted as part of the deferred dower written in the list after divorce? And how is their value assessed if they must be returned?
Does a triple divorce take effect if the husband pronounces it in writing while under the influence of drugs, given that the wife does not own the object sworn upon?
Is it permissible to continue with the second wife, to whom one was married secretly without a guardian, but with witnesses and someone acting on behalf of a notary public? And is the previous relationship with her considered adultery if it is not permissible, and how does one purify oneself from that?