Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Is the husband who has divorced his wife with a revocable divorce entitled to benefit from services that were provided to him or would have been provided to him had the marriage continued, bearing in mind that the wife is still within the 'iddah period?
Is it counted as three divorces if the husband says that he divorced his wife three times, five months after his initial statement that he divorced her while she was menstruating, and none of these divorces were documented in writing? And if he were to write them, would it be counted as one divorce or three?
What are the rulings regarding the marriage of a previously married woman that differ from those of a virgin?
What is the ruling concerning the relationship of the betrayed woman's brothers with her, and the relationship of the betrayed man's family with him, and does she have the right to see her children, and what is the ruling concerning her brother boycotting her out of fear for his sisters, and is he considered sinful for this boycott, and does this boycott extend to holidays?
What is the ruling on someone who cursed "religion" while angry, and did not intend the religion of Islam; does divorce occur between him and his fiancée because of that?
Is the statement "Even if the Earth were to explode" (with the intention of not completing the wedding) considered a divorce, and is privacy with kissing but without penetration considered "consummation"?
Is it permissible for my husband to reside with me in the house without marital relations during the waiting period (iddah), and is it valid to engage in marital relations with the intention of him taking me back, and can I wear revealing clothes in front of him, and is it permissible to kiss his head for reconciliation after a revocable divorce (first pronouncement), knowing that there is a conflict of opinions among marriage registrars (ma'dhunin) regarding the wife's return during the iddah?
What is the ruling on swearing an oath on the Qur'an and then breaking it, what is its expiation, especially if the same transgressions that one swore not to repeat are repeated?
Must I return the 8,000 EGP I found as an excess after my divorce, and take the remaining 12,000 EGP of my mut'ah (compensatory gift) from my ex-husband, knowing that I took 12,000 EGP from his home during our marriage, and I intend to use all these funds to secure my children's future?
What is the ruling on temporary marriage with the sole intention of having children, without informing the husband of this intention and without stipulating divorce after childbirth?
Is it obligatory to ask a girl for her opinion regarding marriage, or is her guardian's consent sufficient? And is it permissible to marry an orphaned girl without her brother's approval if she desires to marry him and her brother rejects him?
How can one reconcile the verse of divorce that sets the waiting period for the minor at three months with the jurists' view that it is impermissible to consummate marriage with a minor until she is fit for intercourse? And does the minor, in this case, fall under the verse of Al-Ahzab?
Is the retrieval of the mahr (dower) and gifts after the annulment of the engagement and the marriage contract included in the prophetic hadith: "The one who takes back his gift is like a dog that eats until it is full, then vomits, then returns to its vomit and eats it"?
What is the Shar'i ruling on a wife remaining in limbo after her husband abandoned her and divorced her verbally without completing the divorce procedures, knowing that he is an alcoholic and does not wish to end this marriage?
Is the sum of ten thousand riyals, which I stipulated in addition to the dowry for the divorce of my cousin, lawful or unlawful? And did I err in anything I did?
Is it permissible for a woman who has no guardian (wali) to contract an 'urfi marriage without one, especially since Abu Hanifa permitted a woman's marriage without a guardian, and is a Kitābiyyah (woman of the Book) treated like a Muslim woman in this case?
Is the aforementioned 'Urfi marriage, which took place without the guardian's knowledge, without the payment of a dowry, and with witnesses whom the wife did not see, invalid according to the rulings of the other schools of thought besides Abu Hanifa, and does this entail that the wife is free and does not need a divorce?
What is the ruling on saying: "By me is the unlawful" (عليّ الحرام) without completing it, then saying: "I seek forgiveness from Allah, the Almighty" (أستغفر الله العظيم) afterwards, with the intention of doing something in the future?
Must the fiancée return the gold to her fiancé if he violates the marriage agreement, which stipulates residing in a specific country, and decides to live in another unsafe country, and she requests a divorce because of that?
Is the presence of an upright witness a prerequisite for the legitimate marriage contract? And who are the two witnesses chosen during the contract, and should they be from the groom's family or the bride's family?
Is it permissible to stipulate that the deferred dower (mu'akhkhar) is due only upon divorce, and not upon death, and can this condition be included in the marriage contract?
Is it permissible to marry a non-devout Christian woman who converted to Islam and repented from fornication after having been hesitant about Islam, but who is now convinced that Christ was not crucified, without the presence of her guardian due to the great distance and the difference in religion?
Is boycotting a sister who has caused psychological and familial problems, and has habitually engaged in bad behavior and committed unlawful acts, considered a severing of kinship ties? And how can these kinship ties be maintained despite the hatred for her actions?
What is the religious ruling regarding a wife who refuses to return to the marital home, which she owns and helped build, after visiting her mother, insisting on living near her family despite her husband's attempts to persuade her? And is the husband obligated to divorce her due to her insistence on disobeying him and not responding to advice?