Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Which is better for marriage: the committed suitor who stipulates not completing studies, or the committed suitor residing abroad who allows completing studies?
Is the legal contract considered valid if the groom's father says: "We have come seeking and asking for the hand of your daughter, so-and-so, for my son, so-and-so," and the bride's father responds with approval, with the presence of witnesses, the presentation of the dowry, and the consent of the bride's family?
Is marriage to the aforementioned girl considered forbidden, and what must the questioner do, and is there any repentance for him after he fathered children with her, knowing that he lied to his mother with a vision in order to marry her, motivated by wanting to bring her out from the people of innovation to the people of Sunnah?
Is the marriage contract valid if the woman initiates the contract by saying to the suitor: "I marry myself to you," in the presence of her guardian and with his permission, and two just witnesses, and with the completion of offer and acceptance?
Is it permissible, in Islamic law, for a young man and a young woman who are not related to each other to communicate online, with the knowledge and approval of the girl's family, and with the intention of marriage after graduation, while observing the Sharia-compliant guidelines for conversation?
Is a wife considered irrevocably divorced after her husband said to her during a quarrel: "You are divorced," once?
Is the waiting period (iddah) obligatory for a woman who left her husband's home and filed for annulment of the marriage, and is it permissible for her to adorn herself in her family's home during the waiting period, and does she sin if she does not observe the waiting period?
Is a marriage contract concluded without the permission of the virgin girl but with the approval of her paternal uncle valid, given the presence of her father and brother? And is it permissible for a judge or imam to annul her marriage if her husband refuses to do so, especially since the husband drinks alcohol and beats her? And is there a concept of religious equality in Islam?
Is the suitor sinful if he does not officially marry the girl and then divorces her, or if he does not marry her at all after their customary marriage, and what should he do?
Is my marriage to a Christian woman who embraced Islam after six months Islamically valid, given that the marriage contract took place a month and a half after her divorce and I was unaware of the waiting period ('iddah), and what are the implications of that?
What is Ibn Taymiyyah's opinion regarding a woman who apostatized, then was divorced and her waiting period expired while she was an apostate, then she embraced Islam after that? And is her divorce counted, and is she still considered to be under the marital bond of her husband? And is it forbidden to adopt Ibn Taymiyyah's opinion on this issue?
Is it permissible for a mentally disabled person to marry?
Is it permissible for my daughter to return to her husband who divorced her with a single pronouncement after two years of their marriage, especially since he did not reconcile with her during the waiting period (iddah), and her child is still with him? Does she have a right to the deferred dowry (mu'akhkhar as-sadaq) and the gold jewelry (shabka) that she has not yet received?
Is it permissible for an expatriate woman to marry at the embassy without a guardian (wali), and is it permissible for her to appoint the ambassador as her guardian?
Is the husband entitled to dispose of a piece of gold agreed upon for the wife, which the husband had sent then retrieved and given to his mother? And in the event of the mother's death, is this piece inherited or returned to the wife who did not approve of the husband's action?
Is it permissible for a married man traveling abroad to marry temporarily until he returns to his wife, knowing that his absence has exceeded eight months and he cannot return currently?
What is the ruling on the increase, whether connected or separate, of the dower if the woman is divorced before consummation?
Is the marriage of the questioner to her husband—who was a Christian and had another wife whom he did not divorce, and then both of them embraced Islam—considered a marriage of fornication? And what is the ruling on his marriage to the other woman?
Are the father and brother considered witnesses in the marriage contract, and what is the ruling on the prospective bride's father saying: "I give you my daughter until you consummate the marriage with her," intending by that to postpone consummation until the marriage is announced and civilly documented?
What is the ruling on stipulating the cancellation of the deferred mahr in the marriage contract upon the husband's death, after agreement with the family and the wife?
Is the marriage valid if a disagreement occurred between the spouses after the marriage contract was concluded, and the contract was not renewed or a new mahr given after reconciliation?
Is it permissible for a man to marry his thrice-divorced wife after she married another man with the consent of both parties, with one guardian and one witness, and without an offer or acceptance, then that man divorced her after consummating the marriage, knowing that a فاسد (invalid) marriage does not make her lawful for her first husband?
What is the ruling on a husband refusing to divorce his wife after al-khalwa (private seclusion) and agreement on divorce? Is the woman entitled to demand annulment without returning the mahr (dowry) to the husband?
What is the ruling on the dowry if it was a plot of land that the wife endowed before consummation, and then she was divorced?