Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
What is the ruling on accepting a gift from a sister who is married to a man who claims to be Muslim, whose marriage contract was concluded in a Spanish court by Christians, and who does not have a legitimate guardian? Is her money considered the earning of a prostitute?
Is it permissible for a man to marry a woman he does not love, knowing that she dislikes him, in order to please her family and fulfill the condition for his sister's marriage to her brother?
Does a divorce that the husband signed under duress, threatened by the police with beatings, imprisonment, and fabricated charges, for the purpose of seizing his money and jewels, take effect?
Is concealing a past illicit relationship from a suitor, after having sworn on the Quran, a sin that warrants not being forgiven?
Is the suitor's statement to his fiancée, "If you do this, you are divorced," considered a divorce, knowing that he later allowed her to do it, and the marriage has not yet been consummated? And if it is a divorce, what must he do to restore the marriage to its legitimacy?
Can a wife be taken back after a minor irrevocable divorce (baynunah sughra) based on the old marriage contract and her consent, without formal divorce proceedings in court?
What is the ruling on divorcing a menstruating wife after the marriage contract but before consummation, and are a new dowry and a new contract required to take her back?
What are the pillars of the marriage contract? And what are its conditions?
Is the marriage contract valid if a false address for the wife was included in it, and what are the rights of the second wife if she is divorced?
Is it permissible for a father to pay off the debt of one of his poor children from his own money, while maintaining justice among his children?
Does a woman have the right to object to her husband marrying another in a foreign land? And is she sinful for saying, "You have wronged us by your marriage"? And is she entitled to ask for fewer days with him due to her many needs? And is it permissible for her to pray for the other wife's misfortune, or to ask for a divorce if she cannot bear the situation?
What is the legal ruling regarding money registered in the wife's name, given her demand for divorce, while the husband does not desire it?
What is the ruling regarding a wife's refusal of marital relations with her husband whom she dislikes, and who does not agree to divorce?
Am I entitled to demand my dowry and a separate legitimate home, and if he does not agree, is it permissible for me to seek Khulʿ (divorce initiated by the wife)? And is it religiously lawful for my husband to marry given his inability to provide two homes and his substantial debts?
Is the first Umrah considered valid despite seeing brown blood after returning from Mecca, and is fasting on the days that followed valid, and what is the ruling on the two subsequent Umrahs performed on behalf of the father, and is the marriage contract valid?
Does the wife have the right to demand the agreed-upon and remaining amount of the Mahr after her divorce, knowing that the husband refuses to pay, claiming it is not her right?
Which is more prioritized: the 'Aqiqah for the daughter or helping the father prepare the sister [for marriage], especially if the father is not well-off?
Does the wife's father have the right to forbid his wife to himself if his daughter's wedding takes place on the scheduled date, and what should be done in this situation?
What is the Shar'i (Islamic legal) view on some women intentionally announcing a financial sum for whoever proposes to marry them?
What are the wife's rights after divorce? Is it permissible for the husband to oppressively detain her (prevent her from remarrying) in exchange for her waiving the deferred dower and returning the prompt dower? Does she have a right to maintenance during her stay with her family or after the divorce, given her disobedience to the husband, her repeated unauthorized departures from the home, her insolence towards him, in addition to problems in the marital relationship?
Is it permissible for a suitor to see his fiancée again by herself before the wedding on the pretext that he forgot her appearance?
What is the religious ruling regarding a husband who swore an oath of divorce against his wife, stating that he would divorce her if he heard that their son had formalized his marriage to a specific girl, and then retracted this to make the divorce conditional upon seeing the marriage certificate after he had already heard about his son's marriage, and what is the wife's position on this?
In such a case, is it permissible to marry a girl who has been sexually assaulted by her father, especially with the absence of a guardian and the possibility of Islamic centers undertaking the marriage contract, and do weak hadiths such as "the green of dung" and "lineage is an infiltrator" apply to her, despite her religious and moral commitment?
Does the marriage become void if the father marries off his daughter as a virgin, while she is a Thayyib (previously married), and he is unaware of that? Is she obliged to inform him before the marriage contract? And does the marriage become unlawful due to the difference in rulings between a Thayyib and a virgin? What is this difference?