Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Does the agreement of the spouses to replace some of the marital home’s furnishings (part of the dowry) with other more suitable pieces affect the validity of the marriage contract or entail anything?
What should one do whose doubts have increased regarding the occurrence of divorce by implied terms, and what should prevail in his assumption concerning his not remembering the intention?
What is "milk al-yamin" (right-hand possession)? Is marriage a condition to acquire milk al-yamin, and how can it be acquired and terminated?
What is the ruling on uttering the phrase "she is divorced" multiple times during extreme anger, and repeating it later with the phrase "she is thrice divorced" while she is menstruating, and does this divorce take effect?
Do the rulings on khalwa after the marriage contract differ between a virgin (bikr) and a non-virgin (thayyib), whether regarding half of the mahr or the iddah, and do the rulings differ if the husband is the former divorcer?
Is it permissible for the mediator to set the value of the deferred dower ( مؤخر الصداق) at less than the amount agreed upon in the contract, with the consent of the divorced woman's guardian? And is it permissible for the divorced man to pay the remaining amount after the divorce is finalized?
Is it permissible to amend or revoke a covenant with Allah to not enjoy one's wife more than once a month, knowing that the marriage contract has been concluded but the wedding has not yet taken place, and that the enjoyment initially did not involve ejaculation?
Does the wife mentioned in the question – who is seeking divorce for frivolous reasons and mistreating her husband and his family – deserve the Shabka (engagement gift), the deferred Mahr (dowry), the wedding dress, and the gifts, knowing that the agreed-upon Mahr was 50,0 and the value of the Shabka was 20,0?
Is it permissible, after the civil contract in Algeria—which precedes the Sharia contract—for the suitor to speak with the fiancée and for the fiancée to be seen without a head covering, knowing that the [Sharia] formula is not present in the civil contract? Does signing [the civil contract] constitute the formula of acceptance? And does this contract permit speaking with the suitor, her uncovering before him, and being alone with him to speak?
Why are fatwas issued regarding divorce issues via correspondence, even though the fundamental principle is for a fatwa committee to listen to both spouses?
Why do the people of knowledge not issue a clear fatwa that does not increase confusion, especially concerning the impermissibility of a fornicator marrying a fornicatress or anyone else? Is the marriage contract that took place after the questioner and her fiancé repented and after the 'iddah period expired a matter of dispute, and is remaining with him an act of seeking dispensations?
Is it permissible for a wife to be taken back with a new marriage contract and dower after she has been divorced three times, based on a fatwa that the second divorce was an irrevocable rather than a revocable one, which would render the third divorce null and void because she was not lawful for him at that time?
What is the ruling regarding a wife leaving her husband's home in anger and staying at her family's home for nearly two years, refusing to return to her husband's home? Is she considered divorced by this action? Does she deserve financial support, given the husband's inability to divorce due to the value of the deferred dowry (mu’akhar)?
Is a man allowed to propose more than four times, or does it mean that he is permitted to keep a maximum of four wives?
What is the ruling of Islamic law concerning an oath of divorce by three, and is a man considered to have broken his oath if he said to his wife, "I divorce you by three if your sister's husband enters our house," and then this person came and entered the house, standing near the door before leaving immediately?
Is it permissible to divorce a wife whom the husband discovered had been in relationships with two colleagues through messages and conversations, and who used to stand with young men explaining knowledge to them, and he discovered that she loved one of her colleagues, spoke to him on the phone, and sat with him at the university, and she used to reject suitors before accepting him, and he cannot live with her, nor does he trust her, and there are no children between them?
What should the wife do if the husband wants to divorce her because she suffers from epilepsy, and he accuses her of deception for not informing him of her condition even once before marriage, knowing that they have a daughter and that she suspects he is bewitched, and they are in two different countries?
Does divorce take effect if one says to himself, "I am separated," and is this word considered a kinayah (allusion) or a sareeh (explicit statement)? What is the ruling on a married person saying, "I am separated"? Does divorce take effect if the intention was to lie, not to divorce? And what is the meaning of "religiously, as opposed to one who jokes"?
Is the consent of the Kitābī (People of the Book) wife's son to the marriage sufficient for the عقد (marriage contract) to be valid, without his physical presence? And is it permissible for her son to be her guardian instead of her paternal uncle? And is the contract valid if the son later consents to the marriage?
What are the wife's rights, and does she have a share in the household furnishings, and are the household furnishings considered part of the mahr (dowry)?
What is the ruling on a marriage contract that was concluded in the bride's home country in the presence of her mother only, with the bride herself absent due to administrative reasons? Is it a condition to have a new marriage contract in her country of residence in Europe in the presence of a Muslim guardian there, given that her father and grandfathers are deceased, and her paternal uncles do not sponsor her, and one of them blessed this marriage?
Is it a condition that the two witnesses hear the woman's authorization of who will be her agent and guardian in the marriage contract?
What is the ruling on the marriage of a 47-year-old man to a 37-year-old Muslim divorcee whose guardian resides in a distant country?
Is the marriage contract considered valid despite the non-registration of one of the agreed-upon conditions (the deferred dower - مؤخر) at the time of the marriage contract, and what are the consequences of that after eight months of marriage and the existence of marital problems?