Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
What are the wife's rights regarding the dowry (Qimah), the pre-nuptial gift (Shabakah), and the deferred dowry (Mu'akhar) after her third divorce, and her refusal to return to her husband unless he agrees to her working, and her saying words that angered her husband and his family?
Is a secret customary marriage to a divorcée over forty, without a guardian, but with two witnesses, valid and permissible, given that the wife's family and neighbors are unaware, and communication with her occurs remotely?
What is the ruling on having children with a foreign woman and cohabiting with her for a long period without a marriage contract? What is the ruling on the relationship of these children with his children from the second wife? And what is the ruling on that in terms of inheritance?
What is the ruling regarding the second marriage of a sister and her bearing two children, given the reappearance of her first husband, who had not consummated the marriage with her, and the news of his death had reached her, leading her to remarry two years after his presumed demise? And must she return to the first husband despite her unwillingness to do so?
Will the husband be sinful if he divorces his wife due to snoring that did not go away after consulting a doctor, knowing that snoring is not one of the marital defects for which a woman is divorced, and what rights result from it, and is this considered deception on the part of the wife's family?
Is a wife forbidden to her husband if a fornicator had intercourse with her in the front or back passage, and is she obligated to inform her husband of the incident, or should she conceal it with God's concealment?
Is it obligatory to inform a girl whom a suitor wishes to marry that she must observe the legal hijab in front of her brother through suckling or through marriage, knowing that she was raised with him as her brother? And does this situation affect the reputation of the household?
Is the husband's saying to his wife, "I don't want you," considered an allusion to divorce (kinayah) and what are the resulting Sharia rulings, given that he said it with the intention of threatening, not divorcing, and is it considered a conditional divorce?
Can a wife be taken back after being divorced, given that there was a legitimate seclusion between them, and touching and kissing without intercourse after the marriage contract and before consummation, and is it permissible to take her back without a new marriage contract and mahr?
Does a divorce take effect for something that has already passed, such as: "If you had a relationship with a young man before me, then you are divorced"?
What is the ruling on a marriage contract that was not written until the following day, after the couple had presented themselves at the notary's office, and in which "She married herself" was written instead of "Her father married her to him"? Is it obligatory to rewrite the document in this case, despite the hardship?
Does a mobile phone message sent by the husband to his wife nine years ago with the words "You are divorced," which the husband does not recall sending but the wife remembers, count as a third divorce after two explicit divorces?
Can a second marriage contract be concluded in another country without officially registering it in the husband's country to avoid legal accountability, given that the husband's country prohibits polygyny?
Is it religiously permissible for a man in one country to marry a woman in another, with the civil contract being postponed until conditions are settled and they return to their home country, knowing that the woman's legal guardian (wali) has passed away? If so, is it permissible for the imam of the mosque to be her guardian?
Is it permissible to supplicate for the suitor to be turned away and to reject marrying him without being frank with him about that?
Is it permissible for a woman to ask her fiancé, who is married and whose previous wife returned to him only for the sake of the children, for an assurance or a promise that he will not go back to his first wife in the future, knowing that this was previously agreed upon?
Does conditional divorce occur if the wife repeatedly commits the prohibited act, and what is the ruling on the husband consummating the marriage with his wife in this situation without knowing that the divorce has occurred?
Is a woman considered to be at fault if she desires to live with her husband to preserve her chastity physically and psychologically, and is she entitled to seek a divorce if he does not respond to her desire, especially after it was agreed before marriage that they would live together?
Does divorce take effect once or as three pronouncements if the husband repeats the words "You are divorced" more than once at the same time, and how can the wife be taken back?
Is it permissible for the husband to sell the wedding (shabka) gold—which was not intended as a gift and was bought for the future and is not registered in the list—in order to fund a project?
What is the ruling on a wife refusing to travel to her husband working abroad, despite her knowledge of his desire to reunite the family due to the presence of a child, and this refusal is attributed to previous family problems, her ownership of the marital home, and her rejection of moving to another house owned by the father, while she admits to shortcomings in household duties?
What is the ruling on a secret second marriage, its denial, and swearing an oath that it did not occur?
What is the ruling on a deceased person's will for his son to marry his paternal or maternal cousin, despite the son's unwillingness, and what is the ruling on the mother's insistence on that?
What is your guidance and advice for a young man who has concluded his marriage contract with a committed woman and is suffering from unemployment, and has fears of a prolonged period of unemployment after marriage, especially since the wedding date is very close and he cannot postpone it?