Rights of Spouses
1,443 questions
What is the legal ruling regarding a wife who left her husband's home ten years ago due to his failure to fulfill her rights?
What is the solution when a wife's excessive jealousy causes problems that lead to estrangement and physical altercations?
Is it forbidden to change the place of assignment for a doctor in exchange for money, knowing that the applicant is outstanding and deserves to be appointed in Baghdad, but the security situation forced him to travel and make the change?
Is it permissible for a woman to ask her husband to register a portion of a project in her name as compensation for her unpaid work for years and for establishing it with her gold jewelry, especially since projects are managed poorly and household money is spent on them?
Is the son entitled to 10% of what he has established for his father in terms of property and rights after his diligent work for 12 years without compensation, and his incurring financial losses and debts as a result?
What is the ruling on someone who wants to marry with the the intention of chastity from sins, but does not have the full financial capability for its costs except with the help of his family?
What are the limits of a husband's obedience in matters such as compelling his wife to work, or demanding from her more than she can bear in household affairs, and is the wife considered remiss if she does not fulfill these demands?
What is the ruling regarding a husband who gets angry over trivial matters, refuses discussion, and persists in his stubbornness despite his wife's continuous attempts to calm and appease him?
Is divorce due to nushuz considered a remedy for a sin committed by one of the spouses, whether the nushuz is from the husband or the wife? And is a nashiz wife who is divorced through khul' considered among those from whom the scent of Paradise is forbidden and who are hypocrites? And does God’s promise of richness from His bounty include the divorced nashiz wife and her husband, as in the case of the husband’s nushuz? And do they both sin by the continuation of nushuz without divorce, with neither of them relinquishing their rights, and their knowledge that this causes sins that could have been avoided by divorce?
What is the ruling on supplicating for a specific Christian person to be guided to Islam, then marrying him after his conversion, taking into account his field of work? And to what extent is it sinful to supplicate with the following wording: "O Allah, guide so-and-so to Islam, then make me his wife after his conversion, and grant him lawful and good provision that pleases You if his current provision does not please You"? And how can there be sin in supplication if there is no sin in this?
What is the ruling on abandoning a wife who persists in disobeying her husband and engaging in illicit relationships, and is the husband sinful for doing so?
Is it permissible to employ workers in an institution for a lump sum fee that they pay me at the end of the month, with their consent to that?
What are the rights of the divorced woman and her children after an irrevocable divorce, especially given that the father works as a candy vendor, offers 450 pounds monthly for the two children, and has a criminal record?
What is the ruling on marriage by Fatiha without witnesses or a guardian, and what should be done after the young man's mother refuses to complete the marriage?
Is it permissible to divorce a wife whose companionship has become unbearable due to her lying and stubbornness, knowing that she refuses divorce and has agreed to waive her marital rights, and that the husband has become psychologically repulsed by her and does not wish to have children with her?
Is it permissible for a husband to evict his wife from the marital home before divorcing her, with the intention of divorce, given that he has completed the paperwork for her final exit from the country where they reside, and what are the resulting Sharia rulings regarding the place of 'iddah and maintenance?
What is the significance of seeing rain in winter after seeking Allah's guidance (istikharah) regarding matters of work, marriage, and friendship, with work matters being eased but marriage matters becoming difficult?
Is a husband's pleasing his mother at the expense of wronging his wife and children and causing them psychological illnesses permissible, and what is your advice to a husband who sees his mother as an angel and does not accept a word against her, thinking that this is an act of righteousness? And is a person rewarded or sinful if he does not testify to the injustice of his parents, even though he witnessed it and his testimony was requested? And if he goes beyond that and fabricates accusations and slanders against their adversaries, what is his judgment in the sight of Allah?
What are the rights of a husband over his humiliated and abandoned wife, if she wishes for her Lord to be pleased with her without debasing herself?
Is a woman considered to have been legitimately returned to her husband simply by the act of kissing or intercourse — by force — after a first divorce, while she is still in her father's house and does not wish to return to him?
Is breaking an oath of divorce by preventing one's wife from going to work, then later allowing her to return, and feeding ten needy people, sufficient expiation for the oath, and does it result in a divorce?
Is it just in Islam for a girl to be asked to do household chores such as sweeping, cooking, and cleaning, while a boy is not asked to do so, and is this considered an injustice to the girl and to the boy, who might become unreliant on himself?
Is it permissible to marry a non-Muslim woman—Christian or Buddhist—after her conversion to Islam and repentance from fornication, with the intention of a "misyaar" marriage in which the wife waives her rights to maintenance, lodging, and equal division, and without the knowledge of the husband’s family? Is it permissible for the husband to marry two or three wives in this manner without the knowledge of any relatives or other wives? Is this marriage something through which one seeks the pleasure of Allah, or is it from the adornment of Satan? Is the husband sinful if he intends not to have children for psychological reasons, or due to the corruption of the times, or with the intention of jihad?
How can a Muslim woman balance caring for her sick, infirm mother, who lives alone in her home country, and her responsibilities toward her family (husband and minor children) who live with her in another country, taking into account the noble verses and prophetic hadiths that urge filial piety?