Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is it permissible for the marriage contract to be conducted in the presence of only my family and the bride's family, and what are the correct conditions for a marriage contract?
Is a woman's marriage valid if she marries another man during her 'iddah, and the second man has not consummated the marriage with her, knowing that she had one menstrual cycle during the 'iddah?
Is it permissible to stipulate that the wife be divorced if the husband does not join her within a certain period, and does the divorce take effect merely upon the expiration of that period? And is it permissible for the wife to stipulate that the marital bond be in her hand, or to link it to a condition of divorce after a certain period?
What is the ruling on the marriage of a Muslim girl who was kidnapped and forced into marriage, then escaped and got married in another legitimate marriage? And is her first marriage valid?
Is it permissible for a Ja'fari father to be the guardian for his daughter, who has converted to the Sunni school of thought, in her marriage contract, or must the guardian be the Imam of the mosque?
Is the word "al-nikah" in the Holy Quran always used to mean the marriage contract, or does it come to mean both the contract and sexual intercourse, taking into consideration what Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned, that if it is a command, it refers to both the contract and sexual intercourse, and if it is a prohibition, it refers to one of them?
Is it permissible to renew a marriage contract over the phone with the wife's father who resides in another country? And what are the available options for that? And what about the location of the witnesses to ensure the contract's legitimacy and eliminate doubts?
What is the ruling on wives' inheritance in a case where one of them is divorced and the husband marries another during her 'iddah (waiting period), then the husband dies before the 'iddah of the divorced wife ends, and is the divorced wife required to resume her 'iddah?
Is it valid to solemnize a marriage contract with a woman to whom one was customarily married without a guardian (wali) and two witnesses who did not see her, and after three divorces occurred, it was discovered that the first contract was void? Can she be married lawfully?
How should a Muslim woman's relationship with her former husband's father be regulated, and is she required to observe hijab in front of him?
Is a long period between the marriage contract (aqd) and consummation (dukhla) reprehensible in Islamic law?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a wife returning to the second husband she married with the intention of making herself lawful for her first husband, then she changed her intention and desired to stay with him? Does this marriage count as a tahlīl marriage if she returns to him, and what is the ruling concerning the first husband if she marries him after this repentance?
What is the ruling on leaving a wife in suspense so that she may learn her lesson, or marrying another woman, until she relinquishes some of her rights, in light of her disobedience to her husband, her insolence towards his family, the interference of her family, and her father's assault on him?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a marriage in which the husband's mental illness and infertility were concealed, and is the wife entitled to seek divorce after discovering these matters and the husband's neglect of her?
Is it permissible to give from Zakat money to the orphaned fiancée of one's brother to help her prepare for marriage, even though her paternal uncles are also assisting her with that?
Is a marriage contract performed by a Shiite sheikh valid, given that both spouses are from the Sunni community, and the text of the contract did not deviate from the Sunnah of Allah and His Messenger?
Is one absolved of responsibility by acting upon the saying of Ibn Uthaymeen regarding the permissibility of occasionally missing prayers, knowing that there was waswās (whispers/obsessive thoughts) and hadath (breaking of ritual purity, specifically passing wind) during prayer before the marriage contract?
Is it obligatory to pay the value of the household items (qa'imat al-a'yan) mentioned in the marriage contract to my deceased brother's wife before distributing the inheritance? And for this purpose, should the list pertaining to the marital apartment in Egypt, which was not furnished, be considered, or the apartment in Saudi Arabia where they used to live? If the answer is that it is the apartment in Egypt, is it then obligatory to pay her money or to buy the items mentioned in the list?
How does separation occur and what are the resulting rights and obligations of the spouses in the event of the husband's disapproval of divorce, or in the case of Khulʿ (divorce at the wife's instance), noting that the Mahr (dowry) was specified in the contract, but gifts and gold were not, and that the husband was entering and exiting to and from the wife during the engagement period?
Is the marriage valid if the contract was in English and the two witnesses did not understand it, no mahr was paid, and the husband suffered from infertility issues and left for da‘wah a few days after the marriage?
What is the ruling on exaggerating in demanding the dowry and burdening the husband beyond his capacity, which leads to young men abstaining from marriage?
Does istibra' include anal sex before the marriage contract? And is it necessary to renew the contract in this case, taking into consideration the difficulty of that in society?
What are the rights of a Muslim woman married by a Saudi man in Japan without witnesses or a dowry, other than gifts, when he refuses to take her to Saudi Arabia, despite knowing of his marriage to another woman?
Is the wife obligated to return the dowry and gifts to the husband if she requests a divorce due to his stinginess, his failure to pray regularly, his shortcomings in his marital duties, his refusal to seek treatment, and his ill-treatment?