Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is breaking off an engagement to the fiancée considered an injustice to her, despite no fault on her part, when one's heart is attached to another woman?
Is it permissible for a woman to request a Khulʻ (divorce at the wife's instance by returning the dower or offering compensation), and does the husband's right to any part of the dower and marriage expenses fall if it is proven that the man misrepresented his personal information and that he is bewitched, and are the marriage expenses considered part of the specified dower?
Does my marital relationship, after I had divorced my wife in writing, then she returned to serve my mother and I said, "So it is," and I had sexual intercourse with her after a period, count as a legitimate relationship, or has the divorce become irrevocable and this relationship is considered adultery, and what must I do?
Does the recurring coincidence of the questioner encountering the word "divorce" in his daily life, after suspecting he uttered an indirect divorce statement to his wife, carry a specific significance?
Does French administrative divorce count as "khulʿ" in Islamic law if it occurs at the wife's request due to her dislike of her husband, and the husband initially refuses "khulʿ" but then agrees to the French divorce, while refusing any mediation for annulment of the contract and considering the wife still his legal spouse?
Does a divorce take effect if the husband declares his intention to divorce for the sake of another man without uttering it, and does the marriage remain valid in this case?
Is secret marriage permissible if the girl goes to the mosque without her parents' knowledge, and there is only one witness?
If I seek a khulʿ (divorce initiated by the wife), will I be required to pay back the mahr (dowry)? And if I remarry, will custody go to the maternal grandmother?
What is the ruling regarding divorcing the second wife three times, some of which was with the intention of threat and conditional upon a stipulation, and some of which was explicit? And what is the extent of the husband's intention's impact on considering it the final divorce? And can the husband take back his wife after Dar Al-Ifta’ issued a fatwa that the first divorce did not occur?
What is the legal ruling for agreeing with another man to marry the mother with the intention of divorcing her the next day so that she can return to her first husband? And what is the ruling regarding the mother remaining with her current husband after this incident? And in the event that it is impermissible for them to remain together, what is the expiation or the obligatory act upon them?
What is the ruling on a marriage concluded verbally without documentation, with the guardian's knowledge, and with the husband's promise to document it later? Can it be annulled despite the husband's and the sheikh's refusal? And what is the validity of the husband's condition that the guardian be aware of the khulwa (private meeting) for the completion of the divorce?
Does the mother retain custody of her daughters after remarrying, given that her ex-husband had in writing relinquished custody to her in exchange for her waiving her mahr?
Is the first or second repudiation counted for a man after he takes his wife back before the minor irrevocable divorce? And is it necessary for the wife to hear about the taking back? And is it a condition to inform the wife of the divorce for it to occur?
Is the wife obligated to return the dower and gifts after leaving her husband and claiming divorce, knowing that the husband did not divorce her Islamically, and she has married another and had children with him?
Is it permissible to conclude the marriage contract and delay consummation until the pregnant wife gives birth, or is it obligatory to wait and repent?
Is the wife sinful for taking a bedroom set from her ex-husband – which was not included in the list of movables – in compensation for the money she spent on furnishing the apartment, which the husband refused to return, knowing that what she spent is many times the value of the bedroom set she took?
Is the marriage considered Islamically void in the event of the husband abandoning his wife, not spending on her, falsely accusing her, with her knowledge of his marriage to another woman, and the wife's desire to marry someone else?
Is a man's statement to his wife, "Consider the legal marriage contract between us annulled," a form of divorce?
Is the husband's statement, "Each of us goes our separate way and on our own path," made three times in writing (not explicit verbal utterance), considered an irrevocable divorce that prevents the spouses from returning to each other?
Does a divorce occur with the oath, "My wife is divorced if [the worker] works in any of the establishments, for I will not work there," if the worker returns to work, knowing that the intention was never to work with him again, and that the questioner is still in the period of the marriage contract?
Is it permissible for the brother of a girl whose non-praying father has refused her marriage, in the absence of a Sharia court, to marry her off, or should the marriage contract be concluded and consummation postponed until the father is convinced?
Is a man permitted to take his wife back after he divorced her by saying, "I didn't tell you that if you did such and such, you would be unlawful to me! You are divorced, divorced, divorced," all at once without interruption, knowing that this was the first divorce and that he had never said to her before, "If you do such and such, you will be unlawful to me," except at the time of the divorce?
What should a wife residing in a non-Muslim country do if she wishes to annul her marriage contract, and there is no Islamic body to do so, and the positive law does not support annulment? And should she resort to khul' (divorce at the wife's instance) in the event that annulment is impossible, due to harm inflicted upon her by the husband and his refusal to divorce her?
Is it permissible to marry a girl who had an intimate relationship without losing her virginity, given her father's refusal to the marriage due to her nervousness and his demand for a large deferred dowry and an apartment in another location?