Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
What is the ruling regarding a wife's refusal to share her husband's bed if he repeatedly enters into customary marriages (zawaj urfi) and tears up the contract, and does the ruling change if it becomes clear that he marries these women with a guardian (wali) and witnesses, and then separates from them without tearing up the contract?
Is it permissible to renew the marriage contract after the husband takes back his divorced wife, before consummation, who became pregnant by him, without the woman observing the 'iddah?
Is it permissible for a Muslim woman who recently converted, having grown up in a Christian family, and who has not yet worn the hijab due to difficult circumstances, to marry a Muslim man by resorting to a Muslim family to oversee her marriage and life?
Is divorce between a couple of different nationalities, after they have had intercourse and intimacy, forbidden or permissible, due to the state not recognizing the contract? And is the contract void or valid as long as it was concluded in court and in the presence of a sheikh and witnesses?
Is her second marriage valid? Is her cohabitation with her ex-husband considered adultery? What should the second husband do?
Is it permissible for a Muslim girl who has no guardian, and cannot find any Muslims to accompany her, to bring a non-Muslim person to be with her during her meeting with a young man who wishes to marry her?
Is it permissible for a girl who is engaged by a valid Islamic contract to travel to stay with her fiancé and his mother in America until he finishes his studies, so as to help him avoid temptations, despite the absence of a stable place for them to live after marriage?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on registering a young man under the name of his maternal uncle (administrative registration only) for the necessities of study, employment, and citizenship, knowing that his true lineage to his father is known to everyone, and that this registration does not result in any confusion of lineages or forbidden degrees of kinship, and what are the implications of this in the case of engagement and marriage contract?
Did the three mentioned divorces take place: the first with the words "If I doubted you, you are divorced" along with whispering doubts; the second due to the wife's insistence after an attempt to appease her; and the third due to the wife's insistence and threats after confirming her conversation with another person? And is there magic involved in this?
What is the ruling on saying, "And by divorce, you will not succeed, nor will you see success," with the intention of self-reproach, knowing that this statement was made after the marriage contract but before consummation, and in a place where one relieves oneself?
What is the ruling on a husband having intercourse with his wife who concealed from him that she had divorced him in her country, and he returned and had intercourse with her after her arrival in his country, and what is the ruling on zina (unlawful sexual intercourse) in this case?
Can a woman divorced three times return to her former husband through a new marriage contract after his recovery, or must she marry another man?
What is the ruling on a guardian who threw a box containing Quranic audiotapes, with the reciter's name and possibly the Basmala written on it, during an argument with his wife, and he most likely did so out of anger? What is the ruling on the marriage of his daughter, for whom he was the guardian in the marriage contract? Is it obligatory for her to ask him about his intention regarding that, despite the strong presumption that he did not intend to belittle or mock the Qur’an, even though asking him would cause extreme embarrassment?
What is the ruling on a man talking to an engaged woman and seeking to have her divorced from her fiancé so that he can marry her, and is this considered marital betrayal, and what is the sin of both parties, and how is it expiated?
Did the divorce take place or not, and is the waiting period (iddah) obligatory for a woman who was divorced by her husband before consummation, but he kissed her?
Is there a sin on children if they ask their mother, who is married to a man of ill repute, to divorce him, or if they cut ties with her because she refuses to divorce him?
Is it possible to properly celebrate and fast during Ramadan in the West, without any family members present, or is it better to spend it in Dubai with family?
What is the ruling on conducting a marriage contract (nikah) and delaying the marriage for five years with the consent of both spouses, and is it necessary to repeat the contract later in front of the family?
What are the rights of a wife, a daughter, and a stepdaughter from another husband, in the event that a man working in the الخليج (Gulf) divorces his wife who has a daughter, knowing that he did not specify a dowry for her, but she has a deferred dowry?
Is the fiancé's mother entitled to request the documentation of her daughter's movables only in the furniture list, without her son's movables, despite a prior agreement on equal division?
Does divorce occur by the husband's saying: "Divorce upon me if you don't tell me what you're upset about," if the wife does not respond and leaves the place?
What is the ruling on a husband preventing his wife from completing her university studies in her final year and severing her ties with her friends, in order to prevent the mixing that existed before marriage?
What is the ruling on renewing a marriage contract if one of the witnesses was heard slandering actresses with accusations of fornication and disbelief, given that it is not certain whether this occurred at the time of the contract or before it? And is renewing the contract considered sufficient public announcement?
Is a husband's divorce of his wife valid if he was coerced into it due to family problems resulting from his second marriage without his first wife's knowledge, and pressure from the second wife's family?