Rights of Spouses
1,443 questions
Is it permissible for a father to disinherit his eldest son, who contributed to the growth of wealth, from some of the properties when distributing them equally with his younger siblings who did not contribute, and what are the rights of the first wife to her husband's properties?
Will the questioner, who lives with a husband she was forced to marry against her will, finding no solution in divorce due to her family's opposition and fear for her daughters, be rewarded in the afterlife for her patience despite her dissatisfaction with God's decree? Is she sinful for hating her family and supplicating against them? And is she a bad person because God did not stand by her in refusing this marriage?
Is the work the questioner does—preparing and publishing articles in his boss's name, and the money he earns from it—permissible in Islamic law?
Is it permissible for a girl to marry a Muslim young man of good character who proposes to her, despite her father’s refusal due to differences in some customs and traditions between them?
Is it permissible for a woman to have custody of her two daughters, and how can she divorce her husband who abandoned her with their two children, then took them from her and prevented her from seeing them, knowing that he has not divorced her yet?
Is a wife sinful if she conceals from her husband the job title of her work, which she is doing to help him with living expenses, knowing that he would not approve of it even if there were no doubt (shubha) about it?
What are the duties of the owner of a mixed dating and marriage website (for Muslims and non-Muslims) to make his work permissible? And what is he advised to write as exhortations and guidance to clarify what is lawful and unlawful? Are there any common marriages nowadays that are forbidden?
Is a woman permitted to go out to work if no non-mixed work is available, and with her husband's disapproval of her going out, knowing that the husband abuses his wife and sometimes beats her? Is she permitted to seek a divorce in this case?
What is the Shar'i ruling regarding a wife who harbors ill thoughts and frequently curses and insults her husband, desires to work outside the home, and demands a divorce after giving birth to a daughter, contrary to their agreement, and invokes curses upon him and his family? Is it permissible for the husband to divorce her despite his fear of her injustice?
What is the ruling on a fiancée working as an architectural engineer, whose work sometimes requires her to leave the workplace, while her fiancé refuses this and only approves of her working inside the administration?
What is the legal ruling regarding what occurs between spouses, and what should a husband do who fears divorcing his wife, yet he desires her, and she does not obey him? Do the angels curse her, and what should she do?
Is the niqab an obligation or a Sunnah, and should one give it up due to societal rejection or the demands of marriage and work, or should one remain steadfast upon it and await relief from Allah?
Who is in the right in this problem: the wife who wishes to live with dignity away from his family, or the husband who refuses to work and forces her to stay in his family's home where they compel her to work in agriculture? Is the wife entitled to stay in her family's home until her husband works? Do his sister and his brother's wife have rights over her? And how can she deal with them?
Is the search for a secretary for the director of one of the departments considered cooperation in sin, and does sin result from it, or should one accept it under duress while searching for another job?
Is it permissible for a Muslim working in a university's advertising department to write advertisements that promote matters that may contradict Islam, such as celebrating the International Human Rights Day or conferences on women's rights? And is it permissible for him to continue in this job even though most of his other tasks are permissible?
Is it considered unlawful for a wife to go out to work and accompany her family on trips, given that her husband does not spend on her or their children, and he pronounced a divorce upon her while she was menstruating?
Is the wife obligated to provide for the children or to share in their provision after her husband marries another woman without her knowledge, and is it permissible for her to seek divorce due to jealousy?
Is the husband's going out with his friends one day a week after work considered a dereliction of his duty towards his wife and an infringement upon her rights, given their differing viewpoints regarding the rights of friends?
What is the ruling regarding the actions of a divorced man who has not given his ex-wife her rights three years after the divorce, and has not returned her belongings to her? What is the ruling on using or selling these belongings? And what is the ruling on supporting the divorced man in withholding these rights?
What is the ruling on an engineer using pirated Windows copies when maintaining other people's devices and in his government work, knowing that he bought his own licensed copy and finds it difficult to purchase expensive licensed copies for his work or to charge clients for them?
Does divorce occur if a husband deserts his wife in bed and treats her harshly for eight months, knowing that Imam Malik holds that divorce occurs after four months?
Is it right to withdraw from trade union work and suffice with da‘wah after one becomes certain of their inability to bring about change and confront corruption alone, especially since the union in question is only concerned with demanding rights?
Is a husband permitted to humiliate and neglect his wife by spending his time at work and on the computer without paying attention to her?
How can balance be restored between da'wah work, acts of worship, and the rights of family and self?