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  • Signing divorce paper not divorce

    Assalaamu alaykum. My wife and I were not staying together due to a family fight. She did not come back to my house and has been staying at her father's house for the last eight months. We have one daughter who is four years old. I sent her a divorce notice through the court. In that notice, my lawyer falsely mentioned that I have given her three divorces.. More

  • Wife does not satisfy husband in bed

    I have been maried for 14 years. My wife cannot satisfy me in the bed. Everything I want is ok in Islam, like normal sex and oral sex. She does not like oral sex. She does not want to pleasure me while she has her period. She does not want to be naked with me alone in the bedroom. She does not like to spoon in bed. She comes with excuses. She does not.. More

  • Authorizing wife to issue divorce

    Salaam Shaykh. I would like to first thank you for the excellent service which you provide, and you have really benefitted me .I have an important question which I need clarification on in detail, please. The issue of the husband giving the wife the authority to divorce herself is slightly confusing me. I read through these following fataawa and have.. More

  • Divorcing wife ‘fraction’ of divorce

    Can a person give one divorce in fractions, like, for example, by giving one divorce and half of a second divorce? My understanding is that you give one, two, or three divorces and there is no such thing as half a divorce. Please answer. .. More

  • Repeatedly blaming wife for her past before conversion to Islam

    Assalaamu alaykum. I married my husband before Islam while I was learning Islam 18 years ago. I was not fully honest about my past. I had been in a relationship before; I was not Muslim during that relationship, and I was not married to my husband yet. I did not know better in Islam as I was not Muslim yet, and my husband actually had intimacy with.. More

  • Written divorce metaphor of divorce

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please tell me, what if a man sent a written message to her wife and wrote, "I divorce you by a Khul’." but some conditions of the Khul’ were missing, so it is not a khul? My question is whether a divorce takes place anyway because he wrote the word, "I divorce you" or whether it does not take no effect and they remain married.. More

  • Husband told wife she is destroying her house

    Dear Brother/Sister, Assalaamu alaykum. Can you please help me to understand whether the following statement can affect the wedding: an angry husband who tells his wife, "You are destroying your own house." Thank you, and regards. .. More

  • Triple divorce before consummation of marriage

    My husband suffers from an erectile dysfunction; we have never been able to consummate this marriage. Due to some differences which arose, he sent me a divorce deed from Pakistan which said that he is declaring a triple divorce and then it said that he divorces me in three separate lines. If I want to get back together with him, is Halalah (wife marrying.. More

  • Wife may not issue conditional divorce

    Dear shaykh, assalaamu alaykum. My husband put a conditional divorce on me, which hurt me. Then I said to my husband, "I am putting a condition. If you do not touch my brother's feet, it would be our divorce." Then my husband said in Urdu, "Haan mein rakh doun ga;" meaning: yes, I will touch your brother's feet. Then I said to him that the divorce is.. More

  • Setting condition for divorce followed by exception

    I told my wife that she was divorced if she went to her parents house. Then suddenly I realized what I was saying, so I added to my words by saying, “If you go without my permission,” so which condition will apply for divorce? It will be consider one divorce if she goes with, or without my permission? Kindly explain this to me. .. More

  • Fulfilling promise of divorce neither obligatory nor recommended

    I am a seeking divorce. My question is whether my husband must keep his verbal and written word to grant me divorce. My husband of almost 30 years has been Muslim his entire life. I am not and have never been Muslim. He has never shared his religion with me and is not pleased with my recent Islamic studies. Upon asking for divorce, he asked for 30 days.. More

  • Widow does not have to wear specific clothes during ‘Iddah

    Is a widow required to wear only white clothes during her ‘iddah (post-marriage waiting period), or she is allowed to wear clothes with other colors? .. More

  • Families of married couple forcing them to divorce before consummating marriage

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am from Kolkata, India. I have been married to my wife for the last five months, but the marriage has not been consummated. After marriage, things have not been good; both her family and mine were not happy (they did not show this openly) with this marriage, but they accepted the marriage in the end. Now, all of a sudden, due to.. More

  • Suspects dissolute wife touched by magic

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have been married for 16 years and have two sons aged seven and thirteen. I discovered that my wife was having an affair with a non-Muslim and that they also had physical relations. She also does not get along with my parents so we are not staying with them. Sometimes, certain unexplained things have happened in our house and she.. More

  • Woman in ‘Iddah may go out for need

    An eighty year's old widow whose ‘Iddah (waiting period) started only a month ago is very weak, suffers from neurological problems, and goes into depression quite often. Her doctor has advised the lady to be taken outdoor occasionally, even in a wheel chair (as she is not capable of walking) in order to change the atmosphere or visit close relatives,.. More