Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is a divorce considered an irreversible or a revocable one, and is the waiting period (iddah) obligatory after divorce, in the case of doubt regarding the consummation of marriage through valid seclusion?
Is the marriage of a daughter to another man considered null and void after an agreement was reached for her marriage to the questioner's brother and the news spread among people, then her father married her to others?
Is a marriage contracted between a woman (not Saudi) and a man (Saudi), without the knowledge of the wife's family, but with the presence of two witnesses and a dowry, and without the presence of a sheikh, and without official documents, considered permissible (halal) or forbidden (haram), knowing that he is in the process of applying for official approval, and that the wife had previously contracted and divorced without consummation?
What is a just division, and how is justice achieved regarding nocturnal stays and expenses in the case of a husband whose first wife traveled to her home country with the children, leaving his second wife alone after four months of marriage?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on a married man taking a second wife, and what are the psychological consequences of divorce for children?
Is it permissible for the husband to request compensation for Khul' if he is well-off but incurred financial damages from expenses and gifts, and the wife requested separation for unknown reasons after the marriage contract and valid seclusion, but without consummation?
Who is the guardian of a divorced woman who has a 15-year-old son and has full and half-siblings? Is it permissible for her brother to marry her off without the consent of her son, or for her son to marry her off without the consent of her brother, bearing in mind that she follows the Hanbali school of thought and wishes to know the ruling according to Saudi judiciary?
Is he who believes that the expiation for spousal intercourse during the daytime in Ramadan is limited to fasting sixty consecutive days, without making up the day, considered an apostate from Islam due to his ignorance of the ruling on making up the day and the expiation? And is he required to renew his marriage contract?
Is it permissible to change the dowry after the marriage contract is written, such as if the spouses agree on an amount and then it is reduced in the contract?
Is it permissible to annul a marriage contract from a man (the husband) who is unaware of his wife's loss of virginity, for the purpose of marrying another man (the beloved) who is aware of it and who had proposed to her but was rejected on the pretext of his delay, knowing that the current husband is not religiously committed, while the beloved is committed and advised her to be religious, and is it possible that she was born without a hymen?
What are the consequences for a man who does not know whether he entered into a state of ihram for an uncompleted Umrah three years before his marriage, and recently learned that his marriage contract might be invalid if he had entered into ihram and not exited from it?
Is a secret agreement between spouses to drop the deferred dower (mu'akhar al-sadaq) documented in the marriage contract considered a deception (tahayul)? Is the deferred dower a debt that is religiously obligatory to be paid? Is it permissible to renew the contract to conform with this agreement?
Is the marriage contract considered null and void if the phrase "I have married myself to you during the era of Mohamed Morsi" was added to its formula, knowing that he was deposed?
Is my divorcing my wife—with whom I feel neither love nor happiness—after having promised marriage to another, considered displeasing to God, knowing that I will leave her my apartment and son, and give her half of my salary?
Does divorce take place if a man says to his wife, "If you send me messages of insult and slander, then you are divorced," and then she sends him a message of insult and slander, knowing that he intended to threaten her and that this was the third divorce?
Is what transpired between me and the young man, in terms of offer and acceptance via chat, considered a valid marriage contract? And are those who were in the chat considered witnesses? Am I married or single? And must I divorce this unknown young man before marrying a new suitor?
What is the ruling regarding a man divorcing his wife with three consecutive pronouncements in a state of anger using the phrases: "My three divorces have occurred, you are not human," followed by: "The three divorces have occurred, you are not my wife"? Are the latter two phrases considered metaphorical expressions (kinayat) of divorce? And is it permissible for the husband to take his wife back after his statement: "I will not take you back to my house"?
Is the third divorce considered a major irrevocable divorce (baynunah kubra), and is it obligatory to pay double the previously agreed upon mahr, knowing that the husband took his wife back within two weeks of the third divorce? Also, what if he had divorced his wife twice before that, and claimed in one of them that it should not be counted?
What is the ruling on a marriage that was concluded solely by an administrative contract, without mentioning a dowry or uttering the صيغة الإيجاب والقبول (formula of offer and acceptance), after which the husband consummated the marriage with his wife, and then, after a period, a "legitimate marriage" took place attended by the wife's guardian, two witnesses, and the husband's father without a proxy from him?
Is the marriage contract valid if the wife stipulates that the right to divorce ( عصمة - ismah) be in her hand or in the hand of her first husband, with the authority to divorce being delegated to her or to her first husband, who acted as an intermediary in the marriage without the second husband knowing his true identity? And is the divorce valid if the authority is delegated to her or to her first husband, and the first husband issues the divorce?
What is the ruling on marital intimacy during the engagement period, which resulted in a pregnancy and the birth of a daughter? Does this entail sin or expiation, knowing that they subsequently married and had two more children, and are now living a peaceful life?
Does the obligation of my guardian to refer my case to the Sharia courts and rule for annulment apply to me, by analogy with Fatwa No. 3395, knowing that my situation is different, as no intercourse has occurred and I have cut off my relationship with the young man years ago?
How was a legitimate marriage contract concluded for a woman who is still married to another man, given that she obtained a civil divorce in a non-Islamic country, and was not divorced Islamically, with official documents proving this?
Is expiation obligatory for one who swears by saying: "You are forbidden to me until the Day of Judgment, this will not happen until such and such a time," and is the fiancée considered forbidden to him if the matter occurs?