Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Does divorce by way of ibra’ mean relinquishing the mahr and shabaka?
What should I do about my wife, who refuses to obey me and travel with me, and who fled the home after being pressured to agree to travel, especially given that I discovered she loved someone else and was forced to marry me? Does she have a right to the dowry, deferred dowry, and maintenance, or do all her rights fall away, and must she return what I gave her?
Does the husband have the right to demand the mahr and the trousseau after divorcing his wife due to repeated disputes between them?
What is the ruling of the religion on a husband obliging his wife to leave her job and wear the niqab or burqa, knowing that the husband is well-off, and is he considered unjust if he divorces her or marries another because of her refusal?
Is it permissible for a sister to return to her husband who divorced her, after he forced her to remove her hijab and commit forbidden acts, and abandoned her and her daughters, and her father refused her return fearing for her honor and her daughters in a non-Muslim country, knowing that she claims that obedience to the husband takes precedence over obedience to parents?
Is what was described in the head of Fatwa No. 126889 considered consummation or not? And if a sheikh gave a fatwa to the husband that it was not consummation, so he paid half the Mahr, then another sheikh gave a fatwa to the wife that it was consummation, does the husband have the right to take her back during her 'Iddah?
Is it permissible for a man to divorce his wife and then remarry her in order to correct official documents in a country that prohibits polygamy, especially if he is threatened with imprisonment and has no intention of actual divorce?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a man saying to his wife, "You are divorced, and let your mother benefit you," and his saying to her father, "Your daughter is divorced," twice at different times, and what is the expiation and method for taking the wife back?
Is a mother sinful for conversing and joking with her daughter's fiancé, considering him like her own son?
Is it permissible to marry a divorced Christian woman in an undocumented marriage, knowing that she has not seen her former husband for more than a year and has had more than 10 menstrual cycles since their last intimate contact?
Is it permissible for the wife to file for divorce and claim the deferred dower if she proves that her hymen was not deflowered after two years of marriage?
What is the Islamic legal ruling on marrying a man afflicted with schizophrenia, and is it obligatory to continue the marriage despite the wife's aversion to him, and will the wife be held accountable for her feelings towards him?
Is the marriage contract valid if the agent in it is the sister's husband, given the absence of the sick father who is estranged from his family?
How sound is the Hadith: "There is no woman who gives her dowry in charity to her husband before he consummates the marriage with her, but Allah will write for her for every Dinar the freeing of a slave," and the Hadith that follows it?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on the marriage of a man to a widow who has a son, then they agreed upon a fictitious divorce to spare her son compulsory military service, and thereafter he took her back informally without a contract or dowry, and they lived together for many years and had children, then the man died, knowing that the brother of his deceased wife confirmed his knowledge of the informal reconciliation and that she inherits from him?
Is the contract considered valid, and may the wife annul it outside of court, and what is the formula for annulment, if she married with the intention of tahlīl and stipulated that the husband provide housing and furnishings within one week of consummation, but he failed to fulfill the condition?
Is a wife still under her husband's authority after a revocable divorce, when the husband tried to inform her of the reconciliation but she did not respond, and he then informed her brother, and then he was absent for three years, knowing that his intention for reconciliation was not for a marital relationship in kindness, but due to financial disputes, and is his reconciliation between himself and his Lord, and his calling a friend to witness, sufficient?
Is the questioner considered the lawful wife of the man with whom she cohabited and with whom she signed an un-official marriage document, or of the man with whom her marriage contract was subsequently solemnized, especially given that one of the witnesses denies his signature on the un-official contract?
What are the consequences if the husband or his representative returns to divorce after the court has issued a ruling for an absentee divorce due to harm, especially since the divorce was a khulwa before consummation? Is it permissible to adopt the ruling of the Shafi’i school of thought regarding the waiting period (iddah) without referring back to the judge and the court, and can the full dowry and maintenance for the period of the husband’s absence be claimed?
Is it permissible for a husband to take back his wife from an unregistered marriage without her knowledge, and how can divorce be proven if the husband divorces her without her knowledge and claims to have torn up the divorce paper, which was not done in front of witnesses, and the wife fears that the husband will show the paper after she has become engaged to another person?
What is the legal ruling regarding a contentious divorce occurring before the court, given the prior claim of an irrevocable divorce that has not yet been decided, and what should the wife do in this situation?
How can a couple who committed adultery and repented, and who wish to hasten their marriage to avoid falling into sin again, get married, and how do they know that their repentance has been accepted?
Are sexual practices, such as inserting a finger into the anus of the spouse, considered sexual deviance, and is the husband entitled to reclaim the dowry and gifts he presented to his wife before marriage if the divorce is initiated by her (khulʿ) on the basis of absolution, due to the wife's aversion to her husband's actions, such as drinking alcohol and neglecting prayer and fasting?
Does a woman who was not a virgin at the time of marriage, and whose condition was concealed, deserve the deferred dower upon separation after four years without childbirth?