Is it permissible for the guardian who gives his sister in marriage to make a condition on his sister's fiancé to tell his mother or family before his marriage to her? The bridegroom is married and has children, but he is financially capable, religious and with good manners. The bride is thirty-six years old, and has no guardian other than her half.. More
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What is the Sharee‘ah (Islamic law) ruling on marrying a woman who imitates men by wearing trousers or any other such thing?.. More
What is the ruling if a revocably-divorced woman marries without knowing that her husband has taken her back?
Is her second marriage valid? Does the first husband have the right to restore her?
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asalam alaikum i am a new muslim recently married. My marriage is troubled with arguments,violence towards me,bad language n self harm on my part. I suffer with health issues dat effects my day to day life with having pain nearly everyday on top of all of that i suffer with very low self esteem n depression. Me n my husband have seperatd due to our.. More
A married man is in love with his brother’s wife and has physical relations with her, but without having sexual intercourse.
What is the ruling of Islam on this issue, knowing that we live in a country that does not adopt Sharee‘ah (Islamic law)? What is the ruling if this happened in a Muslim state that applies the Sharee‘ah law? Is this considered.. More
A man lives in a non-Islamic country that does not recognize the Sharee‘ah (Islamic law) and does not allow polygyny, namely, one cannot marry more than one woman at the same time. However, this man wants to marry another woman without divorcing his first wife. Is it permissible for this man to divorce his wife officially, but not in reality, because.. More
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Does the third divorce take effect if a husband takes an oath by triple divorce that he will do something and then does not do it out of forgetfulness?
I want to know whether divorce has been effected in such a case? Is there any difference if this happened before or after the conclusion of the marriage contract, knowing that.. More
Is it permissible for a Sufi man who observes prayer and fasts and pays the Zakaah (obligatory charity), to be a Wali (marriage guardian), knowing that he has a deviant belief in Al-Husayn and Zaynab, may Allaah be pleased with them, as well as other dead people? If not, what should we do now as the marriage contract has been concluded? Should we.. More
I am a religious man and I want to marry a girl who lives in a neighboring village. However, the people of this village only marry their daughters to their cousins. Otherwise, marriage is considered a shame on the part of the girl’s father and brothers. Despite my good intention to marry that girl, one of her brothers threatened me. Strangely, the.. More
I was divorced more than ten years ago. I used to travel to a daughter of mine living in an Arab country. Is it permissible for me to have a marriage contract with someone (a sham marriage) in order to be able to have a permanent residency in this country and perform Hajj? What is the ruling concerning this type of marriage?.. More
I am a young woman. Allaah The Almighty has bestowed a great favor on me by enabling me to memorize the Quran at the hands of my female teacher in a center for memorizing the Quran. I decided to be a teacher of Quran for young girls. However, I have been told that I am required to pass an examination in order to assume this job and that the members.. More
A young American man wants to marry me. At the beginning, he told me that if he is convinced about Islam he would become a Muslim, otherwise he would remain a non-Muslim. Now, he is convinced about Islam. Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to marry such a man? Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to marry a Christian man who has converted to Islam?.. More
It is the custom in Egypt that when two people are married, the husband has to sign a document declaring that all the furniture in the newly-weds’ house belongs to the wife. My husband promised to do so before our marriage, but he has not fulfilled his promise yet. What is the Sharee’ah (Islamic law) ruling on this case? .. More