Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is the mother's approval of her daughter's engagement considered valid, and is that sufficient for the completion of the engagement, or must the father's approval be obtained?
Is the marriage contract in Egypt considered legitimate, given that the wife is from the People of the Book and the contract was concluded in court with the presence of just witnesses and public declaration, without the husband knowing about the necessity of a guardian, and without informing the wife's father due to his expected rejection because of the husband's religion, and does the obligation to inform the first guardian (the father) lapse due to him being a wine-drinker and irreligious?
How can a girl marry the one she desires without harassment from her parents, in the event of their refusal to the marriage, knowing that she was previously married and then divorced without consummation?
Is it permissible to marry Islamically and customarily—without official registration—to prevent the cessation of the pension necessary for supporting her daughters?
Is a relationship that involves both parties addressing each other as "my husband" and "my wife," exchanging sexual conversations and images, including images of 'awrah (private parts), considered Islamically permissible and akin to marriage, based on a mutual agreement for future marriage despite current impediments?
Is a phone call between an engaged couple that includes sexual topics, and they are close to their wedding, forbidden or permissible?
If a father jokingly says to his daughter, "I marry my daughter to you," and a man says, "I accept," does the marriage contract take effect despite the daughter's refusal, knowing that the consent of both spouses is a condition for the marriage contract?
What is the ruling regarding a wife remaining in her home and her relationship with her husband after he pronounced divorce years ago, and then threatened divorce again recently if she left, followed by her actually leaving?
Is an 'Urfi marriage considered valid if it was not publicly declared with witnesses and consummation did not take place, despite there being private encounters between the spouses?
What is the ruling on marrying a girl whose family refuses to marry her to anyone other than her paternal cousin, and is it permissible for her to appoint a distant paternal cousin as a guardian for marriage?
Is it permissible for the husband to place the 'ismah (right to divorce) in the wife's hand by mutual agreement between them?
What is the religious ruling on a woman marrying without a guardian (wali)? Is it permissible for a woman to appoint someone other than her father as her guardian? What is the minimum amount that can be offered as a dowry (mahr)? And is using a condom to prevent pregnancy after marriage considered a sin?
Does a documented civil contract, which fulfills the conditions of marriage but in which the guardian and the husband did not orally pronounce the formula, permit the suitor to speak with his fiancée over the phone?
What is the ruling regarding the divorce of a man suffering from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) concerning matters of purity and prayer, when Satan has tempted him with thoughts of divorce after his marriage contract, causing him to utter words of divorce without intention or will, or to utter them mistakenly as a slip of the tongue? And does the divorce of one with OCD take effect?
Is it permissible to be alone with one's wife and kiss her after the marriage contract (aqd al-qiran) and before the wedding (urs)?
What is the ruling regarding a man divorcing his wife with a first pronouncement, followed by a second pronouncement after an argument between them?
What is the ruling concerning a woman whose absent husband divorced her, then took her back without her knowledge, and she subsequently remarried? Is her second marriage valid, and does she become unlawful for the first husband?
What is the expiation for one who swore an oath of divorce after a dispute with his wife's family, knowing that the official marriage contract has not yet been formalized?
Am I entitled to claim the Mahr, and what is the ruling on the Iddah, if I request a divorce after the husband and his family have breached the agreed-upon marriage conditions and refused to provide the Mahr?
Is a legitimate marriage concluded by signing papers with the officiant and informing relatives and neighbors without uttering the marriage formula?
Is it permissible to take out an interest-bearing loan to complete the wedding preparations, knowing that this is the only available solution to proceed with the marriage, especially since the father's pension will stop after the marriage contract?
Is it permissible to agree, during the marriage contract, that the marriage shall expire upon the death of one of the parties, thereby nullifying inheritance and claims resulting from the marriage, especially if the marriage is clandestine?
Is it permissible to communicate with one's fiancée by phone, and what is the ruling on joking with her? Are verbal expressions indicating fear or jealousy permissible? Is it better to expedite the marriage contract or delay it until the wedding? And what is the ruling on messaging her on Facebook or posting pictures that include supplications or roses?
Must the wife's father bring the two witnesses for the telephonic marriage contract, or can the husband bring them?