Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
What are the duties incumbent upon a divorced woman who has been exempted from maintenance and deferred dower during her waiting period (iddah)?
What is the ruling regarding a wife divorcing herself (khulʿ) without informing her husband, when her waiting period (ʿiddah) has expired and they are living together, and does she bear a sin for that?
Is the divorce issued in the form of "taliq, taliq, taliq" valid, and is it considered an irrevocable divorce, and is it obligatory to pay half of the dower after the girl's guardian relinquished it before the divorce?
Is a marriage in which a girl was forced to accept, specifically after her father threatened her with not completing her education, considered a legitimate marriage, and what should she do about this situation, especially since four years have passed since the contract without the marriage being consummated, and with her knowledge of the husband's hatred for her and his desire for revenge against her?
Is consent a condition for the validity of the contract, knowing that I was not consenting at the time of the contract, but I consented to it thereafter?
What is the ruling on acting upon the first or second marriage contract in the case of one afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who renewed his contract, and is a third contract binding upon him, and does repeated contracting count as a divorce?
Is it permissible to separate from one's husband solely because he is Iranian?
Is the price of gold written in the deferred dowry calculated at its value at the time of divorce, or at its value today, at the time of completing the official procedures?
Is it true that it is not permissible for a girl to have her marriage contract (kitab kitab) written as long as her father is alive, even if he refuses to attend and refrains from marrying her off?
What is the ruling on a new marriage contract at Dar al-Ifta without a guardian (wali), and what is the validity of intercourse without the intention of return (rajʿah), and does divorce occur if the oath of divorce was made without uttering it or with doubt about it?
Is the marriage valid if the wife was pregnant before the marriage, and what if the wife denied her previous pregnancy, and is she required to swear an oath, and what is the fate of the child and his lineage?
Is a girl considered married to a young man if she tells him "I marry myself to you" over the phone and he accepts, then she wants to leave him and insists that the marriage is invalid without a guardian to get rid of him?
What is Islam's view on the dowry (mahr)? Is it permissible or forbidden? And if it is forbidden, what should one who has taken it do?
Is a marriage that was conducted with a single officiant, and the wife's father claimed to have received the entire dowry while only half was received, considered a legitimate marriage, and can the husband's father be considered a witness?
Does the divorce of an enraged person who told his wife "You are divorced" once online take effect, and is there a way to take back the wife without her family's knowledge?
Is it forbidden to delay the marriage contract due to studies after a long engagement period?
What is meant by Khulʿ and Faskh?
How can the following two noble verses be reconciled: "and do not retain them to harm them so that you transgress. And whoever does that has certainly wronged himself," which prohibits leaving a wife in a state of suspension, and "And if a woman fears from her husband a defiance or an aversion, there is no sin upon them if they make terms of settlement between them – and settlement is best," which permits the wife to relinquish her right to overnight stays, making her appear as if she is also in a state of suspension?
Is it permissible to seek divorce from a husband who despises Abu Bakr and Umar, mistreats, and beats, knowing that he is one of the people of innovation (Ahl al-Bid'ah)?
Is it permissible for a girl and her fiancé to secretly agree upon a mahr (dowry) different from what is written in the marriage contract, knowing that the parents insist on a specific mahr that the fiancé deems excessive?
Is it obligatory for a man who has divorced his wife with whom he has consummated the marriage, to divorce her with a Bidi (innovated) divorce after taking her back, or is he given the choice between keeping her and divorcing her?
Is the hadith that states, "The worst of food is the food of the wedding feast, to which the rich are invited and from which the poor are excluded, yet if you are invited, then respond," authentic? And what is the problem with the wedding feast food if the poor are not invited to it? And is it necessary to invite them for the attribute of 'worst' to be removed from it?
Is reciting Al-Fatiha at the time of the marriage contract part of the Sunnah, and what should a Muslim do if it is?
Is it permissible for a father to stipulate that his daughter's husband pay a sum of money as compensation if he divorces her after the marriage?