Rights of Spouses
1,443 questions
What should a wife do if her husband has not fulfilled his marital responsibilities for five years, and is she entitled to maintenance, and what are the procedures for divorce according to the Qur'an and Sunnah if she wishes to separate?
What is the ruling on a husband abandoning his wife and preventing her from leaving the house? Does the wife have the right to seek divorce with custody of her daughter due to the husband's prolonged absence and frequent travels? What are the rights of both spouses upon each other in the event of the husband's travel?
How can one get rid of hatred and disrespect towards one's father, and overcome the persistent sadness that affects the marital relationship?
How can a woman deal with her husband who threatens her with physical abuse, divorce, or marrying another, verbally abuses her, lies to her, and refuses dialogue, especially considering that she has tolerated his shortcomings in fulfilling her marital rights due to his illness, and he is a generous man but ill-tempered when angry?
What is the ruling on watching Islamic television programs on unofficial YouTube channels, whether these programs are protected by copyright or not?
Is the legitimacy of a husband's going out for days with Jama'at al-Tabligh, leaving his wife and children in a non-Muslim country—is this from the Sunnah, or does it conflict with his responsibilities towards his family? And should the wife trust his statement, "I entrust you to Allah," under these circumstances?
What is the ruling on the actions of the wife's family who prevent her from returning to her husband and stipulate that he hand over to them the keys to his parents' house and his apartment? How should the husband deal with them? And is the husband considered unjust or misguided for refusing to hand over his house keys to his wife's family?
Is it permissible for a young man specializing in administrative judiciary – often inspired by French law – to assume the administrative judiciary position, seeking reform and the restoration of rights, with the possibility of consulting scholars (mashayikh) when difficulties arise, or does his lack of knowledge of the Qur'an, Sunnah, and jurisprudential rulings prevent that?
What is the ruling on working as a maintenance engineer in a medical factory where machines similar to original machines containing the phrase "All rights reserved" are developed or manufactured, and the customer is obligated to maintain the confidentiality of the design? Is it permissible to manufacture what the factory needs from these machines? And is this considered an investigation into what is unlawful, or an exaggeration?
Is a wife who left her husband's home and was estranged from him for three months, without any contact or asking about her children, still under his marital authority, or is she considered divorced?
Is it permissible for a senior government employee to use his status and influence—derived from his position—to take a commission from commercial mediations between private parties, provided he avoids using his official capacity to achieve illicit gains and avoids mediation within his official responsibilities? And are such gains considered "ghulul" (embezzlement) based on hadiths like "Gifts to workers are ghulul"?
What is the ruling on a woman refusing divorce, and a husband refusing to be intimate with his wife when she desires to conceive?
Is it permissible for a woman to seek divorce from her husband who married her to obtain residency, mistreats her, disregards her presence, does not desire to form a family, and does not take her with him when he travels to visit his family?
How can reconciliation be achieved between the condition of justice among wives for the permissibility of polygyny, and the validity of a second marriage without the knowledge of the first wife, along with the question of the extent of injustice in not informing her compared to informing the second wife of the first one's existence, and is it assumed that the marriage is void if the condition of justice mentioned in the verse: "But if you fear that you will not be just, then [marry only] one" is not met?
What should a man who is married to two women do, when his heart is attached to the first, whom his family does not like, and he has a child with the second, for whom he has no feelings, and he finds it difficult to give her her marital rights and deal with her, knowing that she is religious and well-liked by his family?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding dealing with a husband who is mentally ill, abusive, and fails to fulfill his family responsibilities?
What is the ruling on divorcing a wife whose intimacy is disliked and between whom and her husband there is no affection or love, despite each of them fulfilling their duties towards the other, after a marriage that has lasted for nearly a year, and does the description of "enjoying what is lawful" apply to it if the husband intends to divorce her after a period of time?
What is meant by the phrase "All rights reserved," and does it mean that one is not permitted to benefit from the website or copy anything from it?
What are the things a husband must spend on for his wife? And is he only required to clothe her if her clothes are torn or worn out?
Are the husband's statements: "Judgment is between us" and "When I finish my work, I will file a lawsuit for divorce" considered a declaration of divorce?
What is the ruling on working as a mechanical engineer in the study and approval of plans for five-star hotels (which contain a bar, swimming pool, and intermingling) or wedding halls?
Is it permissible for a woman to work in a mixed environment with men in order to bring her husband to live with her, knowing that her husband is able to provide her with a dignified life in his country, or must she go to her husband's country for them to live together? And is what she receives from the government unlawful because her husband is able to support her? And what are the rights of the spouses towards each other, and what are the rights of the daughter upon the stepfather and vice-versa?
What should a man do whose wife neglects her home, her husband, and their daughter, applies makeup upon returning from work and after her private lessons outside the home, insists on working despite his request for her to quit, defies him, and stipulates that she will not return to their home unless she continues her work?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding financial disputes and the division of property (two houses) between spouses, and what is the ruling on the continuation of the marriage despite ongoing aversion and the wife's refusal of intimacy, and is divorce preferable in this situation?