Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
What did Abu Hanifa mean by permitting a woman to marry without a guardian (wali), provided there are witnesses or public declaration: Did he mean without the guardian's knowledge, or with his knowledge, but the woman herself handles the marriage contract?
Does a triple divorce take effect if a man says to his wife, "If you do not answer, then you are triply divorced," and he calls her but she does not answer, and his intention was to intimidate her? And does she have to observe an 'iddah, or is she entitled to a dowry?
Is the husband entitled to refuse postponing the agreed-upon consummation? And to whom does the decision of setting the wedding date revert: to the wife without her guardian's permission, or to her guardian?
What is the expiation for repeatedly falling into sin between an engaged couple after repentance and seeking forgiveness, and is fasting or charity sufficient for that?
Is the eldest son entitled to claim two rooms from his deceased father's house as a dowry for his wife before the inheritance is divided, given that the father did not mention this in his will?
Is it permissible for a husband to divorce his wife in absentia for a year, then reconcile with her over the phone during her 'iddah, and not register the new marriage contract until after a year, and is he allowed to divorce his wife to get out of a crisis?
Is it permissible for the Shaykh to write the name of the second witness in the marriage contract without his personal presence?
Does divorce occur if an obsessive person pronounces it unintentionally?
What is the religious ruling concerning a man who seeks divorce before consummation and refuses to grant it unless the dowry and gifts are returned, knowing that he is the one who sought the divorce, is a drug addict, and does not pray?
What are the rights of a disobedient wife (nashiz) with her husband during his life, after his death, and in the event of divorce?
Is it permissible to reconcile with a wife who was divorced after the marriage contract but before consummation, and there had been a private meeting, without the consent of her guardian?
Is a marriage conducted in secret, through a lawyer at the Syrian embassy, with unknown witnesses, and without a paid dowry (muqaddam), considered a legitimate or invalid marriage?
Is it permissible for me to stay overnight at the home of my fiancée, whom I have not yet married, knowing that she lives with her mother and her elder unmarried sister, and that I reside in another city more than 400 km away from her?
What is the ruling on a man wearing a platinum wedding ring?
Is the hadith, "Three matters, their seriousness is serious, and their jesting is serious: divorce, marriage, and emancipation," authentic, and what is its detailed interpretation?
Is the phrase, "You are not my wife, nor am I your husband," spoken as a threat without the intention of divorce, considered an explicit divorce, an implicit divorce, or neither, given that there was a legal seclusion (khalwa shar'iyya) between the spouses without consummation?
Am I sinful for attending a marriage contract ceremony where it was later discovered that the bride was pregnant out of wedlock by the same man?
Does a husband's talk about his feelings before marriage, if said to please his wife and not truly meant, constitute a hint of divorce?
Is it permissible for a man to marry a woman with whom he committed adultery while she was married and abandoned by her husband, and then her husband divorced her and her waiting period expired?
What is the ruling on the divorce that occurred after the husband demanded a dowry and the marriage list in exchange for granting it, and after he sent the message "You are divorced" for the second time, following previous divorce oaths for which he atoned, and amidst the husband's neglect and his severing his wife's relationship with her family?
Is it permissible for a woman to complete her marriage to a man her mother did not approve of, especially since all of this occurred without her mother's consent?
Is it permissible to request the wife to waive all her rights in exchange for divorce, after she discovered a conversation of the husband that led to her repeated requests for divorce?
Is the marriage valid if the woman spoke on the phone with her agent or with her guardian and agent during the marriage contract, and the witnesses did not hear that? And do the Hanafis permit this?
What is the ruling on the paper that was written between my brother and a girl, believing it to be a marriage, and what is the ruling on the subsequent legitimate marriage that took place between them?