Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is the marriage valid after a Muslim girl recently moved with her fiancé to his country and the marriage contract was solemnized in the presence of an imam and witnesses, without the permission of her non-Muslim family, knowing that the imam of her country advised against the marriage?
How should a girl act with her father who forces her to sit alone with her fiancé weekly despite her objection and her fear of fitna, knowing that her fiancé is religious and well-mannered, and that she avoids speaking with him except when necessary?
What is the ruling on the relationship that developed between the questioner and a girl who claimed she was divorced, then they got married ‘urfiyy without witnesses, with the questioner being unaware of the necessity of witnesses in the contract?
Is it permissible to annul a marriage due to the wife's epilepsy, given that the husband was not informed of this until after the marriage?
Is it permissible for a fiancée to appoint one of her brothers or her maternal uncle to be responsible for her marriage contract, given that her father is mentally ill with schizophrenia and refuses her marriage, accusing her of zina (adultery/fornication)?
What are the legitimate Islamic controls and limits for phone conversations between engaged couples, and is continuous and lengthy communication that may include joking or quarreling considered exceeding these limits?
Is the marriage contract considered valid if the wife's guardian is not mentioned in the contract, despite the consent of all adult parties and the presence of the wife's brother instead of her guardian (her paternal uncle or maternal uncle)?
How are marital secrets measured in the case of a legal marriage contract without consummation, and is informing parents of details of marital problems considered a disclosure of secrets?
Is the marriage of a young Muslim man to a girl who had an illicit relationship before marriage considered void, and what is the status of their children, especially since she became committed and started wearing the niqab after marriage and aborted the fetus?
Is the marriage contract valid if the offer and acceptance were made by the elder brother instead of the grandfather, knowing that the grandfather is the guardian, and he was present during the first contract which lacked the offer and acceptance?
Is a woman required to wear the hijab on her balcony, at her window, on the roof, and at the entrance of her house, as if she were going out into the street? And is she required to wear the hijab inside her house in the presence of a man who is not her husband or a mahram? And is she forbidden from allowing anyone into her house in the absence of her husband or mahram? And is it permissible for her to go to the doctor or go out with her fiancé without a mahram? And is it permissible for her to sit alone with her fiancé anywhere?
Is it permissible to personally renew the marriage contract a few months after its completion online?
Is a father entitled to reclaim the wedding gift he gave to his daughter? Is it considered a trust (wadi'ah)? And what is the difference between a gift (hadiyah) and a donation (hibah)?
Is it obligatory to pay the price of the wedding dress after the engagement is broken, knowing that the fiancé refuses to take it back and demands its price, and that we have incurred other losses in special preparations?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on marrying a person one of whose parents or relatives is of unknown lineage, or who belongs to simple professions, or who is from outside the tribe, and are the jurisprudential rulings affected by pre-Islamic cultures related to competence in different societies?
Can a man marry his ex-wife, with whom he has three children, without the consent of her father, who opposes their reunion?
Is the dowry permissible if it is to memorize Surat Al-Mulk and recite it every night after marriage? What are the proofs of its permissibility from the Sunnah? And does the marriage become null and void if its recitation is abandoned for a night?
What is the ruling on marrying a woman who was divorced three times, then married and was divorced by her second husband, while her first husband married her mother, thinking she had become unlawful for him, and he now wishes to take her back after divorcing her mother?
Is a marriage between a Muslim woman and a Shiite man considered a valid "Mut'ah" marriage in an American court, and what are the procedures for divorce in this case?
What should a man do who divorced his wife without informing her, then took her back verbally without her knowledge within two and a half months, then two years later learned that the waiting period ('iddah) is calculated by the number of menstrual cycles, not by months?
Is Imam Al-Bukhari's Hadith: "What is wrong with people who stipulate conditions that are not in the Book of Allah? Any condition not in the Book of Allah is invalid," general or specific to loyalty to the one who emancipated a slave, and does it include every condition in transactions that makes lawful what is unlawful or makes unlawful what is lawful?
What is the ruling on a girl marrying without a guardian, on a misyar marriage, and on a mut'ah marriage?
Is the fiancée considered divorced, and is it permissible for her to marry another without my uttering the oath of divorce, or must I utter it?
What are the most prominent opinions regarding the ruling on an imbecile in the matter of marriage: should he be interdicted or married off?