Rights of Spouses
1,665 questions
How should one deal with a stubborn wife who disobeys her husband, puts him in embarrassing situations, disrespects his family and speaks ill of them, and does not respond to advice, despite her commitment to prayer and fasting? And the question remains: What is the message directed to the wife?
What is the ruling on a husband who travels and leaves his wife for more than a year, and refuses to have children with her despite her desire for that, knowing that they have been married for five years?
Is a wife permitted to leave the house for life's necessities, or to learn English, or to visit the doctor, if her husband refuses?
Is it obligatory for the wife to obey her husband if he orders her to prevent her sister from giving anything to his daughters?
Is it obligatory to refuse a job at the Intellectual Property Authority due to a small portion (5%) of its work being related to intellectual property rights for songs, even though the rest of its work is free from doubt?
Is a wife entitled to refuse to have more children after bearing four, especially given that she is solely responsible for all household expenses, and her husband refuses to contribute, claiming her salary is higher than his income?
What should she do, and is she sinful if she cancels the contract and does not go, after her husband refused her going to work as a teacher on her first workday?
How does a person walk the path of God with strength and steadfastness, especially if he is in his twenties, does not memorize the Qur’an or Sunnah, is not very devout, has responsibilities such as work, study, and caring for parents, and wishes to achieve his spiritual and worldly goals despite limited time?
Does it please Allah for the wife to be ignorant of her husband's circumstances and for him to have other priorities besides the return of his family, and does the wife's contentment hold religious significance?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on a wife remaining in the same house as her husband's adult brother, without a mahram present, and what is the ruling on the husband's refusal to sell the house and provide separate accommodation for his wife?
What is the ideal solution for dealing with a sharp-tongued wife who insults her husband and demeans him, his work, and his home, and refuses the intervention of family, while the husband fears for his daughter from divorce?
Is it permissible, in Islamic law, to rely on the results of matching numbers with letters to make a decision about marriage?
What is the ruling on someone who is in debt and unable to repay it due to an irresistible circumstance, and the creditors show him no mercy? What should he do to be excused in the sight of Allah?
Is it permissible to read books that have been copied and are available for free online, knowing that they were copied without the owner's knowledge from an encrypted copy?
Is it better to expedite the marriage by holding a simple ceremony—in accordance with the Hadith: "Hold a wedding feast, even if only with one sheep"—despite the risk of infection, or to postpone it until the danger subsides, especially since the suitor fears for his religious commitment due to the delay in marriage?
Is it Islamically permissible for a woman who has been divorced and has not received her dower, and who has faced difficulty finding employment after leaving her original job for marriage, to travel to another city for the purpose of work, given that there is no one to provide for her, and knowing that she is still observing her 'iddah (waiting period) and it has not yet expired? And what is the Islamic ruling on this action of hers?
Must a husband clarify matters of Islamic law to his wife to avoid disagreements?
Is the victory of Allah Almighty for the Westerners over the Arabs in this era attributed to the fact that the morals of Westerners – such as orderliness, mastery of work, and less television watching – are closer to Islam than the morals of Arabs in many areas?
Is a wife who desires divorce cursed if she makes her husband feel as if she were divorced, abandons her marital and familial responsibilities, works and leaves the children all day, especially if she was forced into the marriage and was not content with it from the beginning?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding the dispute between the spouses, the details of which are mentioned, and who is at fault in it? Is it permissible for the husband's mother to cut off ties with her son's wife and her children? And is the children's cutting off ties with their sister—by order of their mother—considered an act of disobedience to parents (Uquq)?
Is the entire company subject to inheritance and distribution among the heirs after the father's death, or only the father's share? And what is the status of shareholders who did not contribute effort to the company?
Is a husband entitled to ask his wife to quit her job to dedicate herself to raising their children, especially given the presence of a child with special needs, and her ill-treatment of him, her children, and his mother?
Is it permissible to prevent a wife from visiting her paternal uncle and grandfather due to the uncle's theft from the husband and defamation of his reputation, and the grandfather's injustice towards the husband?
What is the ruling on a father's agreement with his eight daughters and only son to distribute the inheritance according to the Islamic law "for the male, what is equal to the share of two females," through a process of buying and selling, documented with registered contracts, followed by the father writing an additional ten feddans to the son with the daughters' consent, and then, when the son wished to purchase the daughters' shares in a commercial store and some of them refused, they were coerced into relinquishing their shares for fear of displeasing their parents?