Marriage Contract and Mahr
6,610 questions
Should a wife, divorced due to suspicion regarding her conduct - who used to send messages stating that what is unlawful is easier and that what is unlawful tastes sweet - be entitled to a compensatory gift (nafaqat al-mut'ah) and other rights? What is the ruling of Sharia and the judiciary on this, especially since there is a clause in the marriage contract obligating the husband to pay 500 pounds monthly in case of divorce? Is this clause binding, especially given that the wife and her family deny these messages after the divorce?
Does the triple divorce occur due to my brother returning the money which I swore not to return, saying: "By triple divorce, it will not be returned again"?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on a man who divorced his first wife, with whom he has children, then married her sister for less than a month and divorced her, then returned and married his first wife again?
What is the ruling on a husband taking his wife's bridal gold (shabaka) as a disciplinary measure for her disobedience to his commands, and refusing to return it unless she complies and obeys him?
Does a wife deserve alimony, a dowry, or any legitimate dues after she asked to go to her family's home with her husband's consent, then disobeyed and refused to return to her home despite his repeated attempts to bring her back, whereupon he divorced her and took her back, then she refused to return after her family abandoned her?
Is what the questioner stated — that the aforementioned woman is only entitled to half of the dowry if she is divorced — considered a mistake, an injustice, and a fatwa without knowledge, even though he is aware of the exchange of kisses and physical touching that occurred between the spouses?
What is meant by the occurrence of a jester's divorce; does it occur judicially only or also religiously?
What is the Islamic legal solution for the marriage contract if the father and paternal uncles refuse to be guardians, despite their approval of the marriage, and their statement that a contract without a guardian is invalid?
Does a divorce take effect when the husband says to his wife, "Then you are divorced," after she said, "So be it, if you wish," in response to his statement, "If I have no relation [with you], then we will separate," knowing that the husband intended the divorce to take effect upon the wife's wish or if what he commanded was not fulfilled?
Upon whom is incumbent the marital expenses and the furnishing of the marital home?
What are the reasons for the annulment of a marriage contract, who carries it out, and what is the difference between it and khulʿ (divorce at the wife's instance) and ṭalāq (unilateral divorce by the husband), especially concerning the mahr (dowry), ʿiddah (waiting period), and child custody?
Is my wife permissible for me after I uttered her divorce three times, sometimes with the intention of threat, and once with the intention of divorce while she was pregnant, knowing that I took her back after the last pronouncement with the testimony of a sheikh?
Is the marriage of the scholarship student valid after she appointed the Imam to officiate the marriage contract in America, where the contract was conducted in the mosque in the presence of worshippers and witnesses, and the dowry was completed, while her father is in another country, knowing that she was previously married?
Is it permissible to marry عرفيًا (customarily/unofficially) and verbally without announcement after a verbal divorce and subsequent verbal reconciliation, and is it permissible to marry secretly the one you love out of fear for the children?
What is the ruling on a marriage contract concluded with the guardianship of the adoptive family of a foundling girl, and what is the ruling on her intermingling with the sons of this family?
Does legitimate seclusion with one's fiancée and kissing her without intercourse, while locking the door with a key, count as entry that necessitates the waiting period (iddah), and thus would not require renewing the marriage contract if apostasy occurs thereafter?
Is it permissible for a girl to be her own guardian, or to appoint someone other than her family to complete her marriage contract, with her intention to remain in her parents' home to care for her elderly parents, provided that the consummation takes place in her future home, given her brothers' refusal of her suitor, her need to escape their constant pressure, and after seven years have passed in this situation?
Is it permissible for a wife to seek divorce due to her husband's bad manners, his watching of pornographic films, and his lack of intimacy with her, and to set conditions in the presence of a sheikh and witnesses?
Is the officiant's statement correct regarding the end of the divorced wife's review period after 60 days, or does the waiting period (iddah) end after three menstrual cycles?
Does the marriage contract take effect if a woman appoints her employer to marry her off (she being of sound mind and 24 years old), and then offer and acceptance take place between the husband and wife, in the presence of the employer as guardian and two sane, adult, upright, competent, and religious witnesses? And is it permissible for the woman, after this offer and acceptance from both parties, to marry another man without the first one divorcing her?
Does my wife become Islamically divorced from me and is a new marriage contract binding upon me after the period of doubt I experienced in my religion, followed by my return to certainty?
Should the religious affiliation of children follow the Christian father or the Muslim mother after her conversion to Islam?
Is marriage with the intention of ratifying it later in the Sharia court considered legitimate if agreed upon by a man and a woman who are currently unable to complete it officially due to legal or procedural obstacles?
Is it permissible to divorce a wife who concealed her mental and nervous illness before marriage, and what are the resulting implications concerning alimony and compensatory gift?