Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is a husband divorcing his pregnant wife in Ramadan, due to a past of hers and her meeting her old boyfriend after marriage, and under parental pressure, a sound and acceptable action in the sight of Allah, and what will be the situation and future of the fetus?
Does the second and third divorce take effect if the husband believes them to be obligatory, and is his wife, with whom he has children but has not seen for two years, permissible for him?
Was the marriage valid if the spouses committed the grave sin of fornication and did not repent before marriage? And if it was not valid and they wished to return, would they start from scratch and the husband have three new pronouncements of divorce?
Is a husband considered to have broken his oath if he swore to divorce three times over an action and then did not perform it, knowing that he repeats such oaths?
Are the three consecutive divorces – one of which occurred via text message and the subsequent two over the phone during a fit of anger, knowing that the husband was in full control of his faculties – counted as a single divorce, and is there a possibility for the spouses to reconcile, especially after the wife has given birth to the child she was carrying at the time of the divorce?
Is the wife obligated to seek divorce from her husband to appease her father, who rejects her marriage due to the incompletion of traditional wedding ceremonies?
What is the interpretation of finding Ayat al-Kursi in the questioner's trousers, and is this related to the problems that occurred between him and his fiancée, and what should he do?
Is it permissible for an engaged woman to contribute from her personal money to the requirements of the marriage in order to help her fiancé who is in hardship, or is it obligatory for him to bear all the requirements?
Does a Bid'i divorce, which occurred after intercourse during a period of purity and in a state of extreme anger, take effect, and are the four divorces that occurred under those circumstances counted? Is this considered an irrevocable divorce (baynunah kubra) that prevents remarriage except after another husband, or is it permissible to renew the marriage contract?
Is the marriage contract considered valid if it was concluded in the presence of two witnesses and the guardian, the husband placed his hand in the guardian’s hand, the guardian recited the formula "I marry you (to)" mentioning the wife’s name, and the husband responded with "I accept," but the dowry was not mentioned in the verbal contract formula, and it was agreed upon later for a small amount?
Is the wife considered forbidden to the husband if he said to her "You are divorced, you are divorced, you are divorced" to prevent his family from pressuring him to take her back after a single, Sunnah divorce?
What is the ruling on taking a loan for marriage to avoid fornication?
What is the fate of a Muslim woman who married a man after her first husband had divorced her twice, while she was unaware that she was not yet divorced from him, as she was new to Islam? And does this second marriage entail any legal punishment? And what should she do to rectify her situation? And must she inform anyone about this marriage, or is it better for her to conceal her situation?
Does a former wife have rights after being divorced by her husband, who then died two weeks after the divorce, given that she waived all her rights in exchange for the divorce due to his severe illness?
If a man marries a woman and then divorces her, does her daughter become forbidden to his son? And is the hadith concerning the permissibility or impermissibility of their children marrying each other weak?
What is the waiting period (iddah) for a wife who has initiated divorce (khulʿ), what is the ruling on sexual intercourse that occurred between her and her husband during this waiting period, what are the required procedures for them to reconcile, and can her son reconcile her?
Have I committed a Sharia error in the wording of the marriage contract by repeating the acceptance taught to me by the marriage officiant when he said: "I have accepted marriage to your client, so-and-so, daughter of so-and-so"?
Is it permissible for a young man and woman to عقد النكاح (perform the marriage contract) while postponing marital intimacy until financial conditions for 'nafaqa' (spousal maintenance) improve?
Is it permissible for the wife to return to her husband after three divorces, knowing that the first two divorces were said in jest?
Does the husband have the right to hold his wife accountable for how she spends her mahr, which he divided into a portion for her and a portion for preparing for marriage and buying clothes?
Does an oral divorce from a prisoner in a normal state count, even without witnesses, and is it permissible for the divorced woman to remarry Islamically thereafter without a court order?
Is it permissible for an engaged couple to masturbate and engage in sexual intercourse due to their inability to marry for two years, and if not, what is the alternative for fulfilling sexual desire?
Is the revocable divorce valid if the husband divorces his wife with a single pronouncement and both spouses remain silent after another person says it is "revocable"?
Is it permissible for a Muslim man to marry a Christian woman if her guardian (wali) is absent, and is it valid for her guardian to deputize a Christian man over the phone to be her guardian (wali) for the marriage contract?