Rights of Spouses
1,443 questions
What is the ruling on a white marriage with the intention of divorce for the purpose of immigration, and what is the ruling on traveling to a country where one fears not being able to maintain the hijab?
Is it permissible for a woman to use lies and deceit, such as claiming to be afflicted with a serious illness like AIDS, to frighten her husband if she suspects his behavior or doubts he has a relationship with another woman?
How can one deal with a fiancé who prevents his fiancée from completing her studies and work, from leaving the house, who suspects her behavior, and disapproves of her interactions with her friends and family?
What are the working wife's rights over her husband?
What is the meaning of Allah Almighty's saying in verse 26 of Surat An-Nur: ﴿الْخَبِيثَاتُ لِلْخَبِيثِينَ وَالْخَبِيثُونَ لِلْخَبِيثَاتِ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَالطَّيِّبُونَ لِلطَّيِّبَاتِ أُوْلَئِكَ مُبَرَّؤُونَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ﴾ [Evil women are for evil men, and evil men are for evil women. And good women are for good men, and good men are for good women. Those [good people] are innocent of what the slanderers say. For them is forgiveness and a noble provision], and does it mean that a religious person cannot be with a non-religious person and vice versa? And how is this understood with His saying in Surat At-Tahrim: ﴿وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلاً لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اِمْرَأَةَ فِرْعَوْنَ إِذْ قَالَتْ رَبِّ ابْنِ لِي عِندَكَ بَيْتاً فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِي مِن فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهِ وَنَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ﴾ [And Allah presents an example for those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, "My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his work and save me from the wrongdoing people"]? And does that indicate that a man does not deserve a woman who is religiously better than him?
What is the solution for a wife whose husband traveled away from her a month after their marriage and refuses to take her with him due to the unavailability of suitable housing, and he refuses to work in her country despite the availability of opportunities, while she wishes for stability and he accuses her of discontent and impatience?
Does signing a temporary (ʿurfī) marriage contract—without cohabitation or marital rights—as a joke, constitute an ʿurfī marriage?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a husband separating from his wife in bed due to her snoring and talking during sleep, which prevents him from sleeping and affects his work?
What is the ruling of Islamic law concerning divorcing my wife falsely after lying to her so that I can marry my colleague at work, with whom a relationship developed due to my feelings towards her?
What should I do after the girl I loved rejected my proposal and got engaged to someone else, which negatively affected my life?
How can one deal with the continuous interference and authoritarianism of the husband's family, which has exacerbated problems and led to their rejection of any independence in the couple's life, especially since the husband has decided to distance himself from them due to their injustice and actions, while fearing that he may fall into the sin of disobeying his parents?
Is it permissible for a wife to stipulate to her husband that the marriage be on paper only—so that he neither approaches her nor demands his marital rights from her—and is it permissible for someone to bear witness to this condition or for it to be written in the contract?
What is the ruling on taking a percentage of the profits or a specific amount in exchange for someone operating my trucks?
What is the ruling on a girl refusing to marry a religious man for the sake of work, and is she sinful for doing that?
What is our duty towards the wife's family who rarely ask about their daughter? Is there a sin in not asking about them? Is the dowry (shabka) the right of the wife's family? And is it permissible to eat from the money of the wife's father who takes people's rights lightly?
Is it considered backbiting to talk with one's sister about her husband's behavior, or for women to talk about their husbands regarding actions they dislike?
What is the ruling on the wife's family who incite her to leave the house and disobey her husband, and what is the ruling on aborting the fetus due to the husband's decision to divorce his wife, knowing that the husband fears Allah in his wife and she is four months pregnant?
How should one deal with a wife who has left the marital home for four months and is insistently demanding a divorce or khul‘ (dissolution of marriage at the wife’s instance) due to the interventions and false accusations of her family, despite the husband’s attempts to mend the situation and his religious commitment?
Is it Islamically permissible for a wife to refuse to host her husband's son from another wife in the marital home, and to prevent him from staying overnight or traveling with his father, claiming that Islamic law does not obligate her to do so? And is this considered a violation of the husband's qawamah (guardianship/authority), a severance of kin ties, and an injustice to the children?
What is the ruling of the Shari'ah on issuing fictitious receipts to cover a deficit in an advance payment resulting from sales taxes, or to help a worker who has no rights, and would I incur sin by signing them?
What is the ruling on my refusal of my sister's marriage to a young man who is not religiously committed and works in a place where there are abominations, and am I sinful for allowing my sister to study at a mixed-gender university, which led to her attachment to this young man, and what is the way to convince her that this marriage is not suitable?
Is the wife entitled to seek divorce due to her husband's abandonment of drinking alcohol, even though she is not harmed by it?
What is the ruling on a wife insulting her husband, and what are the Prophetic hadiths mentioned in that regard?
What should a husband do with his wife who travels without his consent, whose visa has expired, and whose father is demanding a divorce while she does not want one, so that he does not wrong her or bear a sin?