Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is the suitor entitled to retrieve the dowry he paid to the fiancée's father before the marriage contract, given that the contract was not concluded, and he only saw the fiancée briefly and had phone calls with her father's approval, and that the father stipulated delaying the contract until preparations for the marriage were complete, which caused displeasure to the suitor?
Does a divorce take place if a husband says to his wife, with whom he has consummated the marriage: "If you do not come down with me, then you are divorced," and she refuses to come down and he goes down alone, and does she have to observe an 'idda (waiting period), and what are her duties and rights?
How can one marry, Islamically and legally, an adult orphan young man who has no identity, for the purpose of helping and caring for him?
Should the engagement be broken off after the fiancée admits to engaging in lesbianism and expresses remorse, and would breaking off the engagement be considered an injustice to her, or a covering up and preservation of her psychological state?
Is it permissible to take back one's wife after divorcing her with a single pronouncement of divorce upon discovering her pregnancy, and what is her waiting period (iddah), and what is the formula for taking her back before and after childbirth?
How can one atone for repeatedly succumbing to weakness in front of one's fiancé and coming close to committing a sin? And would that be through fasting or charity?
What is the ruling on a marriage contract documented in an Arab country to a Christian woman in the Real Estate Registry, Department of Foreign Marriages, and is another new procedure required if the wife later converts to Islam?
Is the marriage of an adulterer to the woman with whom he committed adultery, after repentance and purification, Islamically invalid, knowing that there are other jurisprudential opinions that permit it?
Does the wife have the right to demand her legal rights, the deferred dowry, and the contents of the marital home, and would she be sinning or wronging her husband, if she discovers after marriage and after an incomplete pregnancy a previous health problem (menstrual disorder) from which she had recovered before marriage and forgotten about it, while the doctor confirms her ability to conceive but with treatment?
Is breaking off an engagement as detested by Allah as divorce is?
Is a divorce effected by the statement, "By Allah, if you do such and such, you are divorced," if the husband's intention was to threaten and intimidate her from doing the act, and he was serious about the divorce occurring if she did it, and the wife has done that act multiple times?
What is the expiation for a void contract whose parties cannot be reached?
What is the ruling on a marriage contract if there is doubt about the father’s (guardian’s) Islam? And does the father’s uttering of blasphemous words in anger constitute apostasy, or is he excused due to his ignorance? And what is the ruling on his prayer, which includes the two testimonies of faith, in proving his Islam? Is the contract valid with the consent of the other guardians, given that the father has abandoned prayer? Is there any evidence for the invalidity of marriage due to the guardian’s apostasy? And can the contract be rectified based on the rectification of an unauthorized person’s marriage?
Does a triple divorce occur if one swears to do something by triple divorce, then forgets to do it and does not carry it out, regardless of whether the marriage contract is documented or not, knowing that the marriage will take place soon?
Is it permissible for a man to take back or marry a woman he divorced with three pronouncements in a single session, ten days after the marriage, and without having consummated the marriage?
What is the ruling on a wife insisting on going out to give lessons without her husband's permission and consent, and threatening him with divorce if he prevents her from doing so, knowing that the husband is devoted to her and does not wish to divorce her?
1. Is it recommended for the Shafi‘is and Hanbalis for a husband to divorce his wife when there is doubt about whether a divorce has occurred? 2. Do they mean by that the initiation of a new divorce, or the ratification of the divorce about which there is doubt? 3. What is the status of children born during this period; are they attributed to their father or not?
Is it permissible to marry a Christian divorcee who committed adultery after the divorce, and when is that possible?
Does a betrothed woman, whose marriage contract has been written, become forbidden to her fiancé and divorced from him if he asks her, "Do you accept to be unlawful for me if there was something in your past that does not please me and you hid it from me," and she agrees, intending to reassure him?
Is it permissible to marry without the father's permission, and is it permissible for a woman to marry without her guardian (wali), with the presence of witnesses and a dowry, to avert fitna?
What are the rights of a woman's guardian over her? And why is she not considered fully competent?
Is a woman's marriage valid if it takes place without her guardian, and is it permissible for her first husband to contract marriage with her after one menstrual cycle following the khulʾ, and should the first husband believe her claims regarding her second marriage, the expiration of her waiting period, and the transfer of guardianship?
Is it permissible to have a legitimate Islamic marriage without officially registering it in court to avoid residency issues and the disapproval of children, while maintaining a lawful relationship?
What is the ruling on the crime of rape in Islamic law?