Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Can breastfeeding be officially documented with a formal contract to ensure that lineages are not mixed in the future?
Is it permissible for a Muslim man married to a non-Muslim woman to remain married to her?
Does the husband's saying to his wife, "I have annulled the contract between us," intending the agreement to live together and not the marriage contract, constitute an annulment of the marriage?
Is an urfi marriage for a virgin girl who has no male guardian, to a married man, which was conducted with witnesses and a dowry received, valid, and does it necessitate divorce from him, and what is the method of divorce, and must she inform the second husband of her first marriage if she restores her virginity?
Is a wife entitled to refuse her husband's mother living with them in their small apartment, especially since she stipulated living alone when she got married, and given that his mother interferes a lot, and to avoid the burden of daily cooking for two people in the husband's absence?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a woman marrying a man who talks to girls online, asks them to undress in front of him, and he undresses too, compares his wife to them, intends to marry a foreign woman and leave his wife in limbo, refrains from having children with her, neglects her rights, and frequently lies? And what should the wife do in this situation?
Is it permissible for a girl to live alone in a separate house from her parents without marriage or divorce? And does the brother's intervention in this matter constitute disobedience to the parents, especially with the mother's approval and the father's personal request for him to intervene?
Is a young man's marriage to a girl with whom he had an illicit relationship (short of full adultery), and then they repented and married, considered unlawful based on the statement of Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her: "Whoever commits zina with a woman and then marries her, they are both adulterers forever"?
Does divorce occur by saying "You are divorc..." jokingly before consummating the marriage, knowing that the marriage is not registered with the court?
Is it obligatory for someone who had anal intercourse with his sister, when she was seven and he was twelve, without full penetration or breaking of the hymen, to pay a dowry (mahr) or compensation (arsh), seek her forgiveness, and inform his parents, knowing that he was ignorant of the ruling and thought his act was permissible?
Is a person rewarded if he divorces an unjust wife, or is it merely permissible?
What is the religious ruling on a wife refusing her husband after the marriage contract (aqd), but before the consummation (dukhul) is announced, for fear of an unexpected pregnancy, and how should she deal with this and conceal the matter from her family, especially since she and her husband engaged in forbidden foreplay before the contract?
Is everything permissible between spouses—touching, private conversation, and seeing each other in house clothes—after the marriage contract but before consummation?
What is the ruling on khul’ (dissolution of marriage at the wife’s instance) without the husband’s consent and without returning the actual mahr (dowry) to him, knowing that the wife is the one who requested the khul’ after the judge rejected her request for divorce due to harm?
Does a triple divorce take effect if the husband signs three divorce papers at once without knowledge of the Sharia rulings, and what is the possibility of him taking back his wife in this case?
Is a girl's repentance from fornication—by ceasing it, feeling remorse, seeking forgiveness, staying away from young men, and supplicating for forgiveness—a sound repentance that permits her to marry, or is it incomplete, rendering her marriage unlawful due to unfulfilled conditions of repentance, such as the menstrual period? And must she inform her guardian, her fiancé, or the shaykh upon the marriage contract, or should she conceal herself?
Does a divorce occur by saying "Go, and you are divorced" as a joke without the intention of divorce?
What should a young man do after discovering his fiancée's previous relationship with another man, her suffering from a jinn possession (mass ash-iq), and his desire to separate from her in light of her family's refusal and their insistence on him paying the dowry?
Is the marriage valid if the uncle, in the wording of the contract, said: "I marry you to the daughter of my brother," even though she is not his daughter, and he was acting as an agent for the girl and her brother, and her father was deceased?
What is the religious and legal ruling on a wife's exaggerated financial demands, especially the "mut'a" (consolatory) payment, after her husband claims she committed adultery and discovers suspicious matters concerning her? And is the husband entitled to request "li'an" (oath of condemnation) or expel her from the marital home?
Does the action taken by the authorized marriage official of writing and reading the contract, then asking the guardian and the husband for acceptance using the phrase "yes," constitute a valid dictation (talqeen) for the offer and acceptance in the marriage contract?
Can a married couple pray the two Rak'ahs of the wedding night two months after the marriage, and what is their manner, the supplications and verses related to them, and does not praying them affect the marriage?
Does a divorce occur if the husband tells his wife, "You are divorced if you leave the house without my permission," and then she leaves, knowing that this is his third pronouncement of divorce? And is it permissible for him to retract this condition?
What is the ruling on a marriage that was solemnized by an officiant, a couple, a guardian, and two witnesses who do not pray, and in which the legal form of the contract was not mentioned? And is it considered Islamically valid if they repent and pray, or must the contract be redone?