Rights of Spouses
1,665 questions
What should I do about financial dues that I have not rendered to their owners in different situations, including a slight shortage in money as payment for the price of food, and another where I do not remember the exact amount and it happened a long time ago? And what about university tools that I broke by mistake or took inadvertently, and I do not know to whom they belong or where I returned them?
What should I do regarding my wife who is negligent in managing her home and fulfilling my rights, considering her slow comprehension and young age, and my family's pressure to divorce her?
Is a husband who abandoned his wife for a year, claiming to be bewitched, sinful, and what should the wife do about this?
Is working as a gynecologist, with the intention of preserving the chastity of Muslim women, while refusing to marry someone who would prevent one from working, considered a misjudgment of affairs?
Is it permissible for a wife to request a family arbitration session with her husband in the presence of her brother and father to discuss marital disputes and set conditions to avoid divorce, with a focus on her and her daughters' maintenance and legitimate rights?
Is it permissible for a woman to work if her husband has sworn by divorce that she not go to work, given the very difficult financial circumstances they are experiencing?
Is a husband entitled to prevent his wife from visiting her family on occasions due to the presence of her sister's husband, knowing that there is a disagreement between him and her family, and that the women are in a separate area from the men?
Must a woman who has been granted an irrevocable divorce wait until her iddah (waiting period) ends before marrying another man, especially if she suffered a long period of abandonment by her husband and his failure to fulfill her marital rights?
Is a girl's study at a mixed-gender university considered an urgent necessity that permits her to complete her education, due to the difficulty of transferring to a non-mixed-gender university and its impact on her marriage and career, and her family's refusal and support?
Is a wife's telling her husband's sister about his illicit relationship with his female colleague considered backbiting?
Should a husband remain married to a stubborn, nervous wife who insults him and doubts his behavior, especially when family intervention exacerbates problems, and the husband's attempts to reform her by various means have been in vain?
What are the best one or two books that combine knowledge of marital life and coexistence, how to choose a spouse, and all the rulings of marriage from engagement to wedding?
Is it permissible to agree to the marriage of one's sister to her disreputable and deceitful paternal cousin, who was previously rejected by other women, and from whom problems and lies emerged after the first engagement, and who then returned to propose to her after a long hiatus, knowing that the sister has no other marriage prospects?
Is "ingratitude to one's spouse" exclusive to women, or does it include men, and does it encompass a husband forgetting his wife's good deeds at the first disagreement between them?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a husband preventing his wife from going out for recreation with her friends in public places? Is the husband justified in doing so? And what is the legitimate Islamic way of dealing with the wife in such a case?
Is the husband's statement to his wife: "If you stay in the house, I will divorce you," considered a divorce if she does not leave the house?
Is it permissible for the wife to refuse to fulfill her marital duties to a husband who neglects his family and is preoccupied away from them? Is it permissible to dispute with him and continue living like strangers under one roof while dropping some rights? Is the husband entitled to prevent his wife from working despite his negligence in providing for her, and is she always required to seek his permission to go out? Is he entitled to prevent his children from marrying in order to pay off his debts? Is such behavior considered disobedience (nushuz) that angers Allah and suspends the acceptance of good deeds?
Is it permissible for the wife to stipulate before marriage that her husband marry three women after her, and that she fast one day and break her fast one day, and that she work in Qur'an memorization and in a women-only center for introducing Islam?
Is working for a company owned by a disbeliever considered an act of loyalty to disbelievers?
Is it permissible for an actor and actress to sleep in one bed, or to kiss or embrace, by virtue of being a couple in an artistic work? What is the ruling on this if they are not actually a couple? Do any rights and obligations arise from this artistic marriage? And is an actress considered to be married to two men if she is already married and then marries an actor in an artistic work?
Does saying, "You are divorced by three" constitute a triple divorce, or does it require expiation for an oath, and what is the ruling concerning the wife in this case?
What is the ruling on one who alienates his wife to make her seek divorce by abandoning her, withholding financial support, or mistreating her?
My wife does not pray. Should I sleep with her, or not?
What is the Shar’i ruling regarding a man who has not had intercourse with his wife for four years due to a lack of desire for her, and he wishes to marry another but is financially unable, and he fears for his children from divorce, and he fears falling into haram, and he sometimes practices masturbation?