I am a 32-year-old well-off young man. I am the only son of my mother whom I take care of as Allaah The Almighty Commanded me. My problem is that I am everything in my mother's life and therefore she hinders my marriage. Whenever I propose to a girl, my mother first agrees and then invents vain and illogical reasons to end the engagement. This caused.. More
Is it permissible for the fiancé, in case the fiancée breaks the engagement, to set a condition of returning the value of the bridal gift instead of the gold itself under the pretext that its price when sold will be less than its original price? Is it permissible for him to take back all the expenses of the engagement party?.. More
Is a husband permitted to divorce his wife because she does not know how to cook? Noting that this is her only defect and the husband knew that before their marriage... More
Does bearing witness to the bride’s consent to marriage mean hearing her consent to marry that specific man, or does it mean bearing witness to her appointing her father or her guardian to finalize the marriage contract? We hear some people asking the bride: “Do you accept your father to be your guardian in the marriage contract?”, or is it only.. More
A friend of mine said to his wife: “Go to your parents’ home” intending to divorce her while uttering the first two letters of the first word of the sentence but changed his mind before finishing his sentence to a mere threat. What is the Islamic ruling on such a case? .. More
A non-Muslim French man wants to convert to Islam and marry a Muslim woman. However, an Imaam of a Masjid told him that he should not marry a Muslim woman until six months after converting to Islam. What is the Sharee‘ah ruling on this? May Allaah Reward you... More
I read a Fatwa stating that it is impermissible to be alone with a non-Mahram woman even if there is no sexual desire. However, I also read that ‘Umar ibn Al-Khattaab, may Allaah be pleased with him, used to visit a blind old woman who used to live alone at her home. He used to go there to clean her house, prepare food for her and other needs. Is.. More
I know a religious girl and promised her that I will marry her in the future, because I am short of money right now. I give her recorded Islamic lessons and do not talk with her a lot. What is the viewpoint of Sharee‘ah in this case?
May Allaah Reward you. .. More
There is a tribe in Chad that has the habit of preventing the marriage of cousins, and there is a man from this tribe who wanted to marry his cousin, but his father did not approve of that marriage, following the customs and traditions of the tribe. What should the son do? Please advise us. May Allaah reward you... More
I married a man and after a period of time we encountered some problems and I asked for divorce, but I was shocked when he told me that our marriage contract was forged. Am I going to be held accountable by Allaah for this, given that I had no idea that the marriage contract was forged? What is the punishment for such a husband? .. More
A short time ago, I got engaged to a young man for seven months, during which we concluded the wedding contract with the help of a marriage official. Later, we broke up our engagement. Recently, we decided to return to each other. We went to the marriage official who said: “This is impermissible, and this (disengagement) is considered a first (pronouncement.. More