Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is a marriage that was conducted without a guardian (wali), and ruled upon by a judge, with doubts about its validity, considered zina (fornication), and is it permissible to renew the sharia contract now?
Is it permissible for a girl who got married without the knowledge of her guardian and without a marriage contract, and then they separated, to marry a second time?
Is the marriage contract valid if it was concluded with the guardianship of someone other than the male agnates (ʿaṣaba) in the absence of the father, paternal grandfather, and male siblings, and with the presence of an uncle whose guardianship the wife rejects, knowing that the contract was concluded in the presence of the wife's maternal uncles, her mother, and her female sisters? Is the uncle's verbal consent sufficient, or is the presence of witnesses necessary? And what should be done if the uncle refuses?
Is it permissible in Islamic law for a sister to authorize her family over the phone to conclude her marriage contract in Egypt?
Is the husband's request to his wife—whom he has not yet consummated the marriage with—to expose her body and exchange photos online considered a religious or educational error, and will this affect their relationship in the future and lead her to unwanted sexual thoughts?
Does the bridal gift for a virgin differ from that for a non-virgin?
What is the religious ruling on a Muslim man marrying a Christian woman in a church, knowing that the engagement was conducted according to Islamic Sharia?
Is it permissible for a woman to file for divorce from her husband who beat her and her father, and lied in the marriage contract about his social status, given her prior knowledge that he had not divorced his first wife, and would she bear a sin if she did not disclose her knowledge of that before the court?
What is the ruling regarding the wife after the husband swore: "I swear by Allah Almighty, you, my wife, are divorced from me and forbidden to me if you return to this sin, that is a first divorce; and if you repent and return a second time, that is a second divorce; and if you repent and return yet again, that is a third divorce," and what is the method of repentance from this sin?
What is the ruling on swearing by the prohibition of a woman to her husband if they desire to return to each other after a decision to separate?
Can a woman return to her first husband after being divorced from him three times, then marrying a second husband through an 'urfi marriage with all valid Sharia conditions met, being divorced by the second husband, and completing her waiting period?
Is a son's marriage considered invalid if he marries using money he knows comes from a haram source from the bank, while his mother, who owns the money, was unaware of its impermissibility?
What is the difference between a real intention to divorce and an obsessive intention? Can obsessive-compulsive disorder obscure the intention or make one imagine it is a real intention? Is uttering a divorce pronouncement while feeling indifferent a manifestation of OCD?
Is it permissible for Muslims to marry female captives (taken as spoils of war) without a legitimate Islamic contract, and was the marriage of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, to Lady Safiyyah, may Allah be pleased with her, conducted with a contract or not?
Are the spouses considered divorced by three, and what is the ruling on their return to each other, especially since the wife is coming to live with the husband, and is a new contract and a new dowry required?
Is the husband entitled to annul the marriage contract and reclaim the dowry if the wife is delayed in coming to his country due to compelling circumstances, bearing in mind that there was no complete legitimate seclusion between them?
What is the ruling on someone who swore, saying: "It is forbidden by three [oaths], and she is as forbidden to me as my mother and sister if I smoke," and then he smoked thereafter, while he did not intend divorce or anything else with this oath?
Is it forbidden to marry a man whose other wife is the maternal aunt of one's wife through rada'ah (i.e., the sister of the wife's mother through rada'ah), and must this marriage be annulled?
Is it permissible to take back a wife after divorcing her three consecutive times in one sitting, and what is the procedure for taking her back?
Does divorce occur by phone in a state of anger due to the wife's request for divorce because of delayed marriage? What is the ruling on seclusion, kissing, and touching without intercourse? Is 'iddah (waiting period) obligatory? Is reconciliation permissible without a new marriage contract? What is the ruling on registering the marriage contract in the Sharia court as official documents without a new contract? Is the marriage invalid, and what is the solution?
Must I continue with my husband after discovering his secret marriage of five years, with his first wife's knowledge and approval?
Is it permissible for the husband to cut off his wife's allowance, claiming she receives an insufficient allowance from the state?
Is it permissible to delegate someone to act on my behalf in my marriage contract to a man who is with me abroad? And is the contract valid?
Is the joking interaction that took place between the uncle and one of my siblings, which included the specification of a dowry (mahr) and deferred dowry (mu’akhkhar), considered a valid marriage? And is the subsequent marriage of the girl to another person considered void, knowing that the girl was not of marriageable age at the time of the joking and her opinion was not taken?