Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
What are the consequences for someone who consummated the marriage with his wife after the marriage contract but before the wedding ceremony, then divorced her verbally, regarding the Mahr (dowry) and Kaffarah (expiation), knowing that she is still a virgin?
Is it permissible to complete the marriage with the dowry previously written to ensure civil rights, after the consent of both families, given that the girl "married herself" in the contract written by two notaries?
Is the wife considered irrevocably divorced after her husband had intercourse with her following the filing of a divorce case, then he retracted his return, and the divorce proceedings continued? And is it permissible for her, according to Sharia, to marry another man before the divorce is officially documented?
Does a wife inherit from her ex-husband, who died while she was observing her 'iddah (waiting period) after their divorce for a full release, knowing that the divorce document states that she is not lawful for him except through a new contract and mahr, and with her consent?
Is it permissible for the father to register a house in the mother’s name in exchange for her share of the inheritance, on the condition that the mother be deprived of the inheritance upon death, given that the marriage contract is not officially recognized in Egypt and that the father has another wife?
What is the religious ruling regarding a man and a woman between whom a "Fatiha" ceremony took place in the presence of an imam, a guardian, witnesses, and a dowry (a ring, a sum of money, and a gold set which the man did not provide), and they had previously agreed to document the marriage, but after the Fatiha, the man requests that she "come to him for enjoyment," and the woman refuses due to the marriage not being documented, and after 8 months the man asks for the return of what he gave her of the dowry after the woman's refusal to marry without documentation? Is the woman sinful before God? Is the man entitled to retrieve what he gave, and is the gold set that the man did not bring counted among what he gave?
What is the ruling on an uncle returning to his wife after eight years of separation, given that he provided her with very little financial support, and he is married to another woman who was the cause of the separation, and he visits her home without touching her at infrequent intervals?
Does a divorce take effect if the wife was granted the right to divorce herself (isma), and she divorced herself verbally, then the husband denied the divorce, claiming he had torn up the paper proving the wife's ownership of the right to divorce (isma)?
Is it valid for a husband to divorce his wife over the phone, knowing that the marriage took place without a guardian and without him having consummated it?
If an adulteress is divorced, is she entitled to any of her prompt or deferred dower?
Does authorizing the eldest brother or uncle to carry out the procedures of the marriage contract grant them the right to divorce the wife, and does such a divorce take effect?
Does a triple divorce occur if a man swears an oath of divorce upon himself, saying, "My wife, so-and-so, will be divorced by three if I ever again watch pornography online," and then he returns to watching it?
Is it permissible for the wife to dispose of the gold from the dowry, which is listed in the movable property inventory and signed by the husband, without his permission?
What is the ruling on a married man's heart becoming attached to another woman who is not his wife, and his speaking with her weekly?
Is the marriage contract referred to as an "aqd qiran" (bond of union), or is this designation incorrect?
What is the ruling on marriage and its documentation through a system of shared ownership of property due to ignorance, and what should be done? And what is the ruling on one who stipulated this condition out of ignorance at the time of both the Islamic and civil contracts?
Is the statement "I marry your daughter Khadijah to you according to the Sunnah of Allah and His Messenger" considered a valid شرعي (Shari'ah-compliant) marriage before Allah, despite the legal procedures not being completed due to the request for a document from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?
Does a divorce issued with the intention of threat and anger take effect, knowing that it is the second divorce, and is it permissible to marry her after the 'iddah period ends with a new contract and dowry to annul the two divorces, and what is forbidden for her during the 'iddah?
What is the opinion and advice regarding dealing with the family of a girl who demand a high dowry and many conditions for marriage, despite the girl's rejection of other suitors?
Is it permissible, in Islamic law, to marry a second wife through a Fatiha recitation and witnesses, without an official marriage contract, knowing that the first wife has not yet agreed to this marriage?
Is the mother sinful for not returning the engagement ring that the fiancé gave her after the engagement was broken, especially since she sold it?
Does an error in the wording of the acceptance from the registrar, where he described me as my father's agent instead of the principal, affect the validity of the marriage contract?
What is the ruling on one who said, "If I return to doing such and such, then my wife, so-and-so, is irrevocably divorced by three pronouncements," and then he did it?
What is the ruling on a divorce issued with the intention of amending marriage documents, which states that the wife was not consummated, despite consummation having occurred?