Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
When is a wife entitled to marital maintenance: Is it from the date of the marriage contract or from the date of consummation, knowing that she did not prevent herself from him and the valid seclusion took place?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding the dispute that arises between a husband and his wife's father, and the resulting jurisprudential rulings concerning the mahr (dowry), nushuz (disobedience), and talaq (divorce), in the absence of an Islamic court, and without the consummation of the marriage?
What is the legitimate Islamic solution to the problem of a daughter from a divorced family getting married, whose father refused to complete the marriage after his initial approval due to a financial dispute, and the marriage contract was concluded again without his explicit approval, and he now refuses to approve it and demands a divorce after the consummation?
Is concealing physical flaws (such as black spots after makeup removal) and undergoing surgical operations (such as a gastric bypass that caused sagging and repulsion) before marriage without informing the husband considered deception?
"I performed Umrah, but my ablution broke during Tawaf and I did not renew it due to shyness. Then, I got engaged and my marriage contract was written. After that, I performed another correct Umrah. Later, after my marriage, I went for Umrah again. Is anything required of me?
Is it legally obligatory to divorce my forty-year-old divorced woman, whom I married without a guardian, as I appointed a just man over the phone without witnesses to the agency, and I completed the offer and acceptance with him in the presence of two witnesses, knowing that the contract was not documented in court, and that the personal status law in our country affirms the validity of a mature thiyb's marriage of herself, and that her guardians refuse her marriage to me because I do not reside in her country?
Is the marriage contract valid if the father verbally acted as an agent for his son?
Is the husband's statement to his wife, "If you were (an adulteress), I would divorce you," considered a conditional divorce? What is the ruling on actions that the husband does not remember having occurred, if he did not intend to make the divorce conditional? And is the wife's performance of a specific act (breastfeeding a child) years before the marriage considered a fulfillment of the condition?
Is there any possibility of reconciliation after divorcing the wife three times? And how many divorces have been enacted, given that the first divorce occurred after a disagreement over the place of birth, the second divorce occurred via a text message, and the third divorce followed a lawsuit for harm-based divorce?
Is it permissible for a husband to divorce his wife without a legitimate Sharia reason, or merely for the sake of renewal and fulfilling desires? Does this count as injustice and manipulation? And can the action of Al-Hasan ibn Ali, may Allah be pleased with them both, be used as evidence for its permissibility?
Is zakat obligatory on a sum of money that a father left for his daughter after his death to complete her marriage dowry, knowing that she is not yet married and has not included it among her previous assets?
Is it permissible for the husband to reclaim his children from his wife, who prevents him from visiting them and demands a divorce, given his concerns about her misconduct?
Is a woman entitled to seek khulʿ (divorce at the wife's instance) after returning to her family's home twice and the cessation of marital relations for over a year? And must she return the full mahr (dowry) or half of it? And what are the rulings and procedures for khulʿ?
Does the divorce statement "You are divorced" take effect via a text message during menstruation and before full consummation, if the husband did not intend divorce and stated that he intended harm?
Are the spouses, to whom the husband previously said "divorce" many times without commitment, living in a state of halaal or haraam, knowing that the country's mufti had issued a fatwa for them to return to each other and that they are now committed?
Is it permissible to marry a second wife—while retaining the first wife who is barren—and is this permissible despite the first wife's condition of divorce if he marries another, and the impermissibility of having two wives in America, knowing that the two wives will reside in different countries?
How do I compare for female students among annulment, divorce, and khulʿ?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding the failure to officially register a divorce in court due to not possessing the necessary funds for the deferred mahr, after having irrevocably divorced the second wife with three pronouncements and several months have passed?
Does a divorce issued by the husband after a quarrel and physical assault, and after he discovered secret conversations between his wife and another man, take effect?
Is the wife wrong to object to her husband spending on his well-off brother and his family, while she sacrifices her basic rights to housing and gold? And does this please Allah?
Is it permissible to obligate the husband to swear an oath, using the words "you will be divorced," in the event he resumes watching pornographic films, or to add a condition to the marriage contract preventing him from doing so, in order to limit his repetition of this act?
What is meant by a virgin (bikr) and a non-virgin (thayyib)? Is a woman who was divorced after ten months of marriage, and whose husband did not consummate the marriage with her, considered a virgin or a non-virgin? What are her rights and obligations?
What is the ruling on adopting the view of Ibn Taymiyyah regarding a man who falsely swore an oath of divorce, knowing that he had illicit relationships before marriage?
Is borrowing with usury, writing its contract, and bearing witness to it prohibited in itself, or is it a prohibition of means? And is it permissible out of necessity if its prohibition is due to it being a prohibition of means?