Rights of Spouses
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Is it permissible to request a divorce for the reasons mentioned: the husband's acquaintance with a foreign woman and his attempt to marry her extra-judicially (urfi), his viewing and insistence on pornographic films, his financial negligence and preference for his family, indirectly forcing his wife to work in a mixed-gender environment, and his attempt to force his wife into forbidden sexual practices?
What should a person do if their manager oppresses them by denying them their rights and bonuses, refusing to respond to their complaints, and even punishing them for not being hypocritical, and deliberately humiliating and marginalizing them at work, especially when there is no authority to hold this manager accountable, and with their attempts to find another job having failed?
Is a wife Islamically entitled to know her husband's movements and whom he meets, and is he obligated to inform her before going out with his friends during work, or is it sufficient to inform her at night?
Is a wife entitled to despise her husband who physically and verbally abuses her, seizes her private money, and refuses to provide for her and their children? What is the way to deal with this situation, and can he be forgiven?
Must a wife resign from her job as a midwife serving Muslim women, based on her husband’s request, even though she does not neglect his rights or the rights of her home, and she helps her mother and brother with her salary?
Is a wife obligated to obey a husband who wrongs her, neglects her, spends his time working outside and inside the home in front of screens, orders her to go to sleep alone, and obeys his family in all their demands, even if it involves injustice to his wife?
What is the ruling on swearing an oath by divorce in an urfi marriage, what are the marital rights resulting from it, and when is this marriage considered valid?
Does guardianship fall away from a husband who does not work due to laziness, suffers from schizophrenia, mistreats his wife, and claims that the Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Women, then women, then women, then Jews and Christians first"?
Is the wife obligated to leave her job if her husband orders her to do so, or should she accept divorce, especially since her parents refuse her leaving her job and support divorce?
Wherein lies my right and wrong from a Sharia perspective regarding my husband’s treatment of me, and what are my rights and duties, especially given his failure to provide a home, his refusal to adequately spend on me, his constant comparison of me to his other wife, and his depriving me of bearing children?
Is it permissible for a husband to take back his divorced wife solely for the upbringing of their children, without his desire to cohabit with her, and would their marriage be valid in this case?
Is the furniture taken by the wife two months after the marriage considered lawful or unlawful, especially since the husband is in dire need of it and she is now married to another man?
What is the ruling on a wife who disobeys her husband and threatens him with leaving the marital home and seeking khulʿ (divorce initiated by the wife) in court?
What is the ruling on a husband who wrongs his wife and does nothing to appease her, knowing that the wife is commanded to appease her husband before sleep, whether she is the wronged or the wrongdoer?
What are the means of reconciliation between spouses to reduce divorce?
Is it permissible to remain in a mixed-gender work environment where forbidden acts are prevalent, and pork is served, while feeling distress and psychological and physical exhaustion? Does this contradict the concept of earning a livelihood and striving to obtain it, or is patience with these circumstances obligatory to please one's family and achieve material gain, represented by building a house?
What is the religious ruling regarding a husband who divorced his wife then took her back without informing her guardian, then abandoned her and refused to spend on her and their son, and the wife desires a divorce from him after failed attempts at reconciliation?
Is it permissible to abort a wife's pregnancy in the seventh week due to the husband's bad behavior and both parties' desire for divorce, along with her inability to bear the responsibility of the child?
What is the ruling on a relationship without a legitimate marriage, even with mutual consent and acceptance between the two parties, and with the impossibility of publicizing this marriage due to social reasons? Is an extramarital sexual relationship permissible in cases of necessity, extreme need, or coercion?
Is it permissible to use copyrighted fonts in commercial work without purchasing a copy of them due to the unavailability of means to purchase them, and what should be done regarding previous uses?
Is it permissible to seek divorce from a husband who is 34 years old and has five children, while the wife married him when she was no more than 14 years old, and he married her without the knowledge of his first wife, and he only comes to her for three hours a week, and he prevented her from having children with him, knowing that she has not received her marital rights for six years?
What is the ruling on a wife traveling to complete her studies or returning to her home country for work without her husband's consent?
What is the ruling regarding a man divorcing his wife by saying: "Divorce on you, from whom no one knows," while he is under duress from a threat? Is this considered an oath or a divorce? And what are the implications in both cases?
Is it permissible to request a symbolic sum of money in exchange for sending the remaining parts of a book being authored, some of which has been published for free online, with the remaining parts to be sent as installments or at spaced intervals?