Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is it permissible for a husband to constantly taunt his wife and her family over financial disputes related to the marriage (dowry, قائمة (list of contents of the marital home), deferred dowry), and is it permissible for the wife to secretly relinquish her financial rights to end these disputes, and who is at fault in this conflict?
What is the ruling on marriage if the two parties agree upon preconditions – such as the husband not traveling with his wife, for example – by way of a promise, not a condition, and is this view adopted by the Hanbalis or other Mujtahids?
Is the divorce that took place Islamically valid, and what is the ‘iddah (waiting period) resulting from it, given that the wife is the one who requested the divorce and signed for it?
Is the khulʿ considered valid if it was done without witnesses and without returning the dowry to the husband after he waived it?
What is the ruling on a wife leaving her husband's home without his permission and seeking divorce with compensation after discovering his schizophrenia, which he did not disclose before marriage?
How many actual तलाकs occurred, and does a Bid'ah (unlawful) तलाक count or not?
Does the first pronouncement of divorce count as the statement the husband used to answer his wife when she asked him, "Am I married or am I divorced?" and he replied, "Perhaps you are divorced, I don't know," even though he did not intend to effect a divorce?
What are the legitimate and material rights of the husband that he can claim after his wife requests a divorce, especially given that he paid the Mahr and its accessories and gifts, covered the costs of hotel accommodation, plane tickets, and wedding night expenses, and the wife is still a virgin, and the husband has no legitimate defect?
What is the ruling regarding a husband remaining with his wife who became pregnant by her lover before marriage, given his prior knowledge of her relationship and his desire to cover for her, and then his discovery of her engaging in sexual acts with him?
Does the wife have the right to refuse polygamy after having agreed to it at the time of the marriage contract? And what is the ruling on her disclosing marital problems to her family with the intention of reconciliation?
What is the ruling on a two-month marriage that resulted in a child, between a man who divorced his wife to marry her pregnant sister, then returned to his first wife? Is this marriage permissible, and is what the husband did forbidden, and is this child legitimate?
Is the marriage contract considered valid if the bride's paternal uncle is her proxy without her direct knowledge of his wish, and is the contract valid if the bride feels hesitant and afraid during its completion due to a side issue?
Is a divorced wife, who was returned to her husband's عصمة (bond of marriage) by reactivating the old marriage contract and officially documenting it after a new dowry was paid and conditions were agreed upon, considered a legitimate wife obligated to seek his permission, and is she legally under his ذمة (marital responsibility)? And what is the solution if she is not?
Is it permissible for a Muslim man who has married a Christian woman in a mut'ah marriage to have intercourse with her if that is stipulated in the contract, and what are the limits of permissibility in a mut'ah marriage?
Is a suitor entitled to prevent his fiancée from leaving to attend to her necessary and private needs, even with her maharim, on the pretext that these needs will be met for her, citing the noble verse, "And abide in your houses"?
Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to marry someone who celebrates the Prophet's Birthday (Mawlid), and is the one who does so considered a Muslim?
Is it permissible for the husband to consider the money he spent on furnishing half of the apartment registered in his wife's name as part of the expenditure for the iddah (waiting period), mut'ah (compensatory gift), and deferred mahr (dowry), especially since the amount spent might be greater than the total of these expenses, and is he religiously permitted to reclaim this money in this manner?
What should a husband do regarding his wife who refuses intimacy and touch, and prevents him from speaking with her brother after the brother saw them in an intimate situation?
What is the ruling on a woman remaining married Islamically without documentation, when her husband has abandoned her and refrained from spending on her and from sexual intercourse, and has refused to divorce her, after she has given birth from him?
Is the waiting period (iddah) obligatory for a woman whose uterus has been removed, if her husband divorces her or dies? And why?
Is it permissible for the wife to request divorce from the court, claiming that the husband pronounced divorce several times falsely, knowing that her reason for requesting divorce is the husband's marriage to another woman, and that they have been married for over thirty years and have six children?
Does a divorce issued under duress and the threat of informing the first wife, with the intention of not enacting it, take effect?
Is it permissible to divorce the second wife in order to recover a sum of money from the daughter's husband, then take her back, after offer and acceptance took place between them with the pronouncement of Khul' (divorce at the instance of the wife) in front of a lawyer?
Is saying, "I will not deal with him neither in my heart nor by Islamic Sharia," considered an act of disbelief (kufr)? And is saying, "Even if you were to place your hand in the hand of Allah, I would not change my mind," considered an act that expels one from Islam? If so, what are the implications for the marriage contract? And is the intention sufficient to renew it?