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  • Wife considering divorce

    My husband is drinks alcohol at home and he knows other unclean women and pay them a lot of money while he refuses to give me anything. Also, I heard him several times talking to these girls and stays some nights with them. I have two kids and I am pregnant in the eighth month with the third one. I am thinking of divorce. What do you think?.. More

  • Pronounced divorce during family crisis

    We are a few Muslims living in a non-Islamic country and facing a problem and need Fatwa on this problem. One of our friends and his wife had a quarrel over some matter and at their home and situation grew worse. His wife got angry and took a knife and put on her own neck and asked her husband divorce her. Her husband did not want to divorce and tried.. More

  • Divorced his wife while drinking

    I divorced my wife while I was under the influence of alcohol 3 months ago. There is more to this incident. Please help decide my next move regarding this critical situation. .. More

  • Husband's poor conduct

    My husband is heavy smoker and he does multiple sins. We are separated in beds; and he takes half of my salary... More

  • Convict husband with criminal history

    Please guide me to the best decision. My husband was convicted of a crime and has been in jail for over a year. I will admit that I did not dig deep into my husband's background before marriage but I did know he had a prior conviction and was on probation. The crime he has pleaded "no contest" to deals with a teenage girl (non-Muslim). I want to work.. More

  • Indian Sunni Muslim divorcing in Qatar

    Can an Indian Sunni Muslim married in India obtain divorce in Qatar? If yes, what are procedures and what are the implications if the couple has three children below 8 years old?.. More

  • She Wants to Leave Husband Who Strayed

    I am a convert and new wife of 9 months. I was dating a Muslim guy from 14 until 18 and when I converted, we had a Nikah. 8 months later, he cheats on me. I found out and confronted him. He admitted it. He says he's sorry and wants to change, and wants me to help because I am already well established with practicing my Islam. I cannot see him the same.. More

  • He wants to leave USA, wife won't go

    I'm married and have one son and work in the USA .I'm thinking about going back home. My wife refuses to go. Am I committing a sin if I go without her? Although, I have tried very hard to persuade her about this idea. She thinks my family will cause a problem for us. .. More

  • Wife Depressed and their Culture Does Not Allow Divorce

    I got married at a young age and my wife was young as well. I feel that she is not happy with me; in fact she is clinically depressed. Is it Halal to get a divorce? I do love her but I feel that she is forced to stay with me because of our culture not allowing for divorce. .. More

  • Husband Lives abroad and Left Wife and Children with His Careless Parents

    A husband lives in a Muslim foreign country and he can keep his wife and children, but he does no want keep them with him because he thinks it is cannot save any money. The reason is that he is also supporting his parents back home. He wants his wife to stay with his parents. The parents do not like the wife and they do not take care of her. Also the.. More

  • Miserable Living with Uneducated Husband in Foreign Country

    I am a married woman with three children and a good husband. We live in a foreign country I married with the condition. I won't be just a wife and mom, I want to finish my studies and do something. He accepted, but he didn't keep his promise, as well, as not staying long in foreign country. I understand that the economic situation doesn't permit him.. More

  • New Wife Has Problems with Her Husband, In-Laws and Parents

    How and in what ways is a newly-married girl supposed to manage her house-hold, while studying and teaching at the same time and having a non-cooperative and non-understanding husband and in-laws or parents? .. More

  • Wants to Remarry Husband with New Contract

    I have a friend who married a man, but her country refused that marriage, as he is British. She told her father about the marriage after she got married and the father agrees with it. But he wasn't with her when she married. Now she wants to write that contract again and the father agrees. What should she do now? She can't live without her (husband)... More

  • Divorce of Ibn ‘Umar When His Wife Was in Her Menses

    I have read in many books of Fiqh that Ibn Omar when he divorced his wife during her menses he was commanded to return her and divorce her when she was purified. Did that divorce count as one or not? .. More

  • Questionable Third Divorce

    My husband divorced me in front of the judge in a different country during my period. When he came back to my country I told him about that and we started thinking about the possibility of getting back together if the Islamic rules allow that knowing that this is the 3rd divorce. If there are two different opinions about this please let me know. Can.. More