Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
What is the ruling on a husband offering his wife to another man for marriage, at her request and with his permission and consent, in emulation of the actions of the Ansar?
Is the wife still under the authority of her husband after the dispute that occurred in the presence of her uncle, during which he uttered the words of annulment, فسخ (فسخ: dissolution of marriage), or divorce? Does a divorce that takes place over the phone count? What is the ruling on a woman attending weddings without her husband's knowledge? What is the ruling on one who issues fatwas to people without knowledge? And what is the ruling on one who incites a wife against her husband?
How can a woman obtain a divorce or khul' from her husband who refuses it and threatens to leave her in a state of suspension, knowing that the dowry was a copy of the Quran and a sum of money, and that the husband is demanding a large sum in exchange for the divorce?
Is a legitimate marriage with all its pillars and conditions—such as witnesses, a guardian, a dowry, and a pronouncement—considered valid and permissible if the spouses agree to postpone the spousal support and consummation until the husband settles in his country and registers the marriage, while allowing him to correspond with his wife and go out with her without a mahram present?
Does the daughter deserve anything from the advanced or deferred dowry, or from what she spent on furnishing the marital home, especially since the groom is not responsible, and they exploited her then disavowed her?
Is it permissible for the husband to reclaim a property he presented to his wife as a dowry, after her infidelity and bearing a child from another man have been proven by DNA analysis, knowing that the value of the property exceeds half a million dollars?
Is it permissible for a Christian married woman, who is 15 weeks pregnant and has just converted to Islam, to abort her fetus in order to marry a Muslim man?
Is a man's marriage to a woman with whom he had an illicit relationship before marriage, and who was previously married to another man (thayyib), Islamically valid, given that the husband is aware of this and did not inform the shaykh of her situation?
Is 'iddah (waiting period) obligatory for a woman if she is divorced before consummating the marriage? And is it permissible for a marriage contract to be performed without a guardian (wali), or is a guardian indispensable, and can the eldest brother be the guardian?
Does the contract become void as a result of the husband's cohabiting with his wife before her repentance from adultery, knowing that she intended to commit adultery at that time and repeated it after cohabitation?
What is the ruling on a marriage contracted between a widow and a man without an officiant (ma'dhoun) or witnesses, in order to avoid social problems, especially since an Azhari شيخ (scholar) issued a fatwa permitting it in this case? And if public declaration (ishhar) is the solution, does the knowledge of the widow's two daughters, her mother, and her sister about this marriage count as a public declaration that makes it valid?
Is it permissible to marry a young man who will make me live outside my country for a period, given that I have read Hadiths prohibiting emigration?
What is the ruling on someone who says, "If I marry a woman and she does such-and-such, then each of us will go our separate ways, and we will not live together for another moment," when he is not yet married?
Is the marriage contract considered religiously valid if the wife did not approve of the groom at the moment of the contract, but then approved of him and became convinced by him afterward, knowing that he had not consummated the marriage with her?
What is the ruling on a man telling his mother, "Be patient until the dowry is returned," in the context of his discussion about threatening his wife with khulʿ, knowing that the wife has not filed a khulʿ lawsuit, nor has he uttered the formula of khulʿ or received compensation?
Does divorce take place with the words "You are divorced, divorced, divorced" after extreme anger, and is it considered a single repudiation?
What is the ruling on marrying a Christian girl who is pregnant, does not wish to embrace Islam, insists on raising the child in her religion, and refuses marriage in the Islamic way, knowing that the questioner wants his son to be nothing but a Muslim?
Is it permissible for a man to take back his wife after divorcing her a second time, and what is the role of the adult son in this return?
After divorcing my wife with a first, revocable divorce, and then taking her back, and then divorcing her again a year later with a second, revocable divorce, do I only have one divorce remaining with which to take her back, and is anything required for me to take her back now?
Does committing major sins or having perverted fantasies during masturbation, such as imagining wife-swapping, lead to the annulment of the marriage contract, and does sincere repentance from these fantasies remove their effect?
Is it permissible for a divorced woman to enter into an 'urfi (customary) marriage in the presence of two witnesses and a non-mahram guardian (such as a male cousin), with the knowledge of her mother, due to the difficulty of officially documenting the contract at present? And is a woman who has been previously married considered her own guardian?
Is it permissible for an adult widow to marry a man without the knowledge of her family or his, with witnesses only from the husband's friends, out of fear of falling into sin?
Is it permissible to pray for divorce upon someone who abandoned me after a 9-year relationship and married someone else, knowing that I had already prayed to God to show me the wonders of His power concerning his injustice towards me?
Is it permissible for a wife to return to her husband after he divorced her verbally and twice via text messages, saying "You are divorced" and then "You are divorced, divorced, divorced"?