Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is it permissible, Islamically, for a young man and a young woman who share feelings of love to continue communicating (via messaging or otherwise) for the purpose of getting to know each other, or to exchange updates regarding the possibility of their marriage, or to exchange photos, whether this is with or without the knowledge of their families, and does the ruling differ after engagement?
If I marry my ex-wife whom I divorced twice – an irrevocable divorce and then a second one – will it be a new marriage, or will one of the divorces remain counted? And can I atone for my oath not to take her back – where I swore by Allah upon the Noble Qur’an that I would never take her back, and said, "O Lord, if I take this woman back, then deprive me of the scent of Paradise"?
Does the divorce of a person suffering from obsessive thoughts and compulsive urges that he does not intend count, especially if he experiences doubts about the intention of divorce during his normal conversations with his wife, and does the hadith "No divorce in coercion/compulsion" apply to him?
Does a wife have the right to demand separate housing from her in-laws after she had agreed to live with them before marriage, and is it an injustice to give her the choice between accepting the situation or divorce?
Does the wife live with her husband in a state of sin after concealing some matters from him and lying to him, knowing that she swore by the Book of Allah not to do so, and he swore that if she did so, she would be unlawful to him? And are the children from this marriage considered illegitimate? And how does she expiate for her oath? And should she tell him the truth or seek concealment by Allah's cover?
Does a husband's saying to his wife, "You are forbidden to me as my mother is forbidden to me," count as a divorce or a prohibition, and what is its legal ruling?
Is the husband entitled to take his wife to his home without consulting her father, knowing that he has not yet consummated the marriage, and her father wishes to separate them and is bargaining with him over the amount paid to furnish the apartment, and is he obliged to leave half of the amount for her father in the event of divorce at his request?
Is the testimony of a smoker permissible in a marriage contract, especially if he admits that smoking is a sin but is trustworthy and truthful, and is he considered among the people of justice?
What is the ruling on an oral marriage if it takes place with the knowledge of the wife's brother and the husband's acceptance?
Is it permissible for someone other than the family of the divorced Arab woman residing in a European country to conduct her marriage contract, knowing that her father has passed away and her brothers and sisters live in her home country and are unaware of the marriage due to their rejection of the principle of marrying someone from outside their country?
Is the father justified in his repeated requests for things such as copies of official documents and a list of movables, after prior agreement on the dowry and the Shabka, and do these actions inspire trust?
Is it permissible for a girl to marry another man without being divorced from the first one, who legally contracted with her by agreement, held a wedding feast, and received the dowry, but did not consummate the marriage or formalize the contract?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on a marriage that took place secretly without the knowledge of the family, and consummation occurred, and it is desired to dissolve it through divorce, with the wife fearing the loss of her rights and the husband claiming no responsibility for what happened?
Does a divorce pronounced with a prior intention, after a verbal dispute and intense anger that led to loss of self-control, take effect, and how can the wife be taken back after that?
Is the wife considered to be in the state of رجعة (return to the marital bond after a revocable divorce) based on the husband's intention to take her back and his informing some of his friends of this, while not explicitly informing the wife or her family of the رجعة?
Is it permissible to divorce due to spousal aversion, given the existence of a child, the desire for forbidden things and to marry the wife's sisters, attempts at adultery, and the current difficulty of a second marriage?
What is the ruling on a husband's refusal to document a "you are divorced" repudiation for the first time after the 'iddah period has expired?
Am I still a virgin after the aforementioned practices with my fiancé, which included his penis rubbing against my vagina and a strike to the vagina that led to a drop of blood, with no full penetration?
To whom does the guardianship of a girl's marriage fall in the event of her parents' separation and the estrangement of her paternal uncles? Is it permissible for her maternal uncle who resides in another country, and what is the ruling on the attendance of her father who does not follow Allah's law?
Is it obligatory for a fiancée who is experiencing istiḥāḍah (non-menstrual vaginal bleeding) to inform her fiancé about her condition before marriage?
Is it necessary to renew the current marriage contract? Should the wife seclude herself during that time? Can the wife's brother perform the contract with the father's approval, without embarrassing him, given that her father approved of the marriage after the first contract and the brother who performed the contract did not pray?
Does a divorce take place and is this considered the second divorce after the husband swore by divorce upon his wife if she smoked a shisha and she did, then he swore by it upon her again if she raised her voice or cursed the children and she did?
Is the wife considered to have been divorced by a revocable or an irrevocable divorce, based on the valid seclusion that occurred between the spouses, despite the court's ruling of a minor irrevocable divorce based on an incomplete answer from the husband, and the wife's father's refusal to amend the document?
Is the marriage of a Muslim man to a Muslim woman who has no guardian valid, with her saying: "I marry myself to you," and his saying: "I accept to marry you," and what is the ruling on their relationship?