Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is a marriage that was concluded with its legitimate pillars and conditions valid, despite not being officially documented in court due to the delay in the procedures of the first divorce, and an agreement not to announce it until these procedures are completed?
What are the limits of permissible conversation between a man and his fiancée, for whom marriage and dowry have been agreed upon, but the contract has not been formalized or the dowry paid?
Is the statement of the guardian, "I marry my daughter to you," and the statement of the husband, "I accept," essential and a condition for the validity of the marriage, or is the father's consent and his presence at the عقد (marriage contract) sufficient, especially since this phrasing is not used in Morocco?
Is a virgin woman who was divorced before consummating the marriage considered a virgin or a previously married woman (thayyib) when she remarries?
What is the ruling of the Sharia regarding a divorced wife's refusal to accept the deferred dower (sadaq) agreed upon in the contract, and her demand to change its value, and what are the consequences thereof?
Is separation obligatory if consummation has not occurred after a second marriage, given that the husband refuses consummation under the pretext of awaiting the success of the marriage and the wife’s weight loss, in addition to his retraction from verbal agreements regarding rights?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a man's insistence on writing the full amount of the paid dowry (muqaddam al-sadaq), which is approximately 55,000 pounds, in the list of movables, while the wife's family refuses this and insists on writing a symbolic amount (25 piasters or 1 pound) as the dowry, claiming that this is the prevailing custom?
Is the wife entitled to demand a separate house and a division of the care of the husband's father, given that the husband stipulated her care for his father before marriage?
Does alluding to betrothal not lead to the very discord for which explicit declaration was forbidden, and is it permissible for a man to get to know a woman without informing her guardian?
Is it permissible for a wife to seek divorce due to her husband's sexual incapacity, and is she entitled to receive her full deferred dower, maintenance, and the list of movable assets?
What is the ruling on a husband divorcing his wife with three pronouncements of divorce after forcing her to waive her dowry while she is pregnant by him, and what are the consequential rulings regarding the dowry and Khul', and is this divorce revocable or irrevocable?
Is it permissible for male and female students to marry before graduation without their parents' permission, especially if the father's refusal is for illegitimate reasons? And is it valid for the guardian of the Muslim Students' Association to marry off the girl in this situation? And how should one who married in this manner deal with the situation?
Is the marriage contract of a girl valid if it was conducted by her grandfather without her father's knowledge, and she was unwilling but later affirmed the marriage after a long period of consummation? What is the ruling on the period during which she was unwilling to marry? Does the grandfather have the right to marry her off without her father's knowledge? And what is incumbent upon them after many years have passed since this marriage?
What is the ruling on an existing marriage and its consequent provisions—such as spousal cohabitation—if the wife committed what might be considered an act of disbelief (kufr) or apostasy (riddah) either before or after the marriage contract or consummation, especially if she does not recall the exact timing of that? And is she obliged to inform her husband about it?
Is it necessary to renew the marriage contract for someone who denied the obligation of prayer for a few hours after the contract and before consummation, and then repented and retracted his denial?
Is the husband's saying to his wife, "I cannot continue like this," and her saying, "Nor can I continue," considered among the allusions to divorce, and what is the jurisprudential basis for divorce by allusion?
What is the ruling on marriage contracts that were concluded with a just witness and the girl's guardian, based on the assumption that the girl's guardian is the second witness, and that the "just witness" mentioned in the noble Hadith is for confirming that both parties are free from marriage impediments such as fosterage?
Is the money of the association in which a man participated with the intention of marrying a woman, and which was organized by the woman, considered permissible or impermissible before the official completion of the marriage?
Is the mother of a second wife forbidden to a man who married her daughter?
Is civil marriage in a non-religious country considered a valid, legitimate marriage, even if God's name was not mentioned in the contract and the registrar was not Muslim?
Is a woman's marriage valid if the marriage contract was concluded twice: the first time in court with the phrase "I marry myself to you" in the presence of the guardian and two witnesses, and the second time with the guardian saying to the groom "I marry my sister to you," but without the presence of the original two witnesses? And is it necessary to repeat the contract?
Is it permissible not to have children from a Christian wife, for fear of her religion influencing the children, or should one continue the marriage and procreate, given the success of the relationship, and is it preferable to marry a Muslim woman based on the opinion of a relative who believes the first marriage is void due to the absence of a guardian?
What is the opinion regarding the one who believes that what is meant by His saying, the Almighty, (And those who have not yet menstruated) in the verse of divorce, is the mature adult woman who does not menstruate, not the young girl who has not yet menstruated?
Is one who rules that the full dowry should be recovered from the father of the adulterous wife, whom her husband has not yet consummated the marriage with, correct, citing the hadith: "The dowry is due to her for what you have made lawful of her private parts"?