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Dissolute mother has no right to custody of children
Asalamualikum! my co-wife lives in USA with 4 kids. she visits guy clubs(have witnesses) drink and take drugs too. There are witnesses of her activities and they spoke to my husband and informed him about that. We living in Saudi Arabia she as also here but she decided to go back to USA bcz she didn't have the freedom here. Now she get handsome amount.. More
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She wishes to separate from her husband and take her kids with her
Assalaamu alaikum I am asian while my husband of 13 years is of arab origin. We have 4 kids ...the youngest is 3 and the oldest is 12. Before our marriage me and my family got a promise from my husband that he will not marry again after me. He promised and we do not put in our marriage contract as we trusted him. Now he has married again and denies.. More
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Divorced father's right to see his children even if he does not spend on them
Salaamu aleikoum, I have a daughter from previous marriage who is now 14. She's been living with me in my care for all her life. I was Islamically married to my ex, but he never married me in the civil manner. It wasn't a good marriage, but I don't go into details publicly. He didn't sign her birth certificate aknowledging he is the father. We got divorced.. More
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Child's best interests should determine who takes custody of it
My question is regarding the custody of a child when the parents divorced. I have recently asked for a release from my husband while being pregnant. I am having difficulty understanding the custody situation in the issue that comes with divorce. The man that I married came from Yemen for medical reasons and during this time he took me as his third wife... More
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A non-Muslim parent is not entitled to custody of Muslim children
Salam wa alykoum, I am emailing you to ask you what islam say about my kids live with their christian mother as we are divorced? and now she is has a boy friend, she is a good woman as she respected me and she never bring her boyfriend to her house while my kids there with her, but is that right i stop her bring her partner to her house while my kids.. More
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A dissolute mother has no right to child custody
my nephew (muslim) "sharia marriage" a hindu who reverted to islam and prayed and fasted. A year ago she took her mother to india for cancer treatment. There (being alone) she smoked, drank went dicos and had affairs with men and visited mujaras. My nephew left her (now one year). They have a son, who is shared one week each. If we go to law court (as.. More
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The housing of a divorcée and her two kids
Dear Sheikh, I have a question regarding towards the housing of two kids and their mother. My husband divorced me after losing his business. The idda is over, and he applied for a legal divorce, leaving me full custody, but no child support, nor nafa'a. He started to push us out of the house, claiming it is haraam for me to stay in his house... More
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Her husband refuses to let her daughter from a previous marriage live with them
I have daughter from my previous marriage. Because of family problems, I lived with my mom and my daughter has been adopted by my mom. so my daughter lived with me and my mom. After six years of marriage, I got a porposal for marriage. We told them that I am married but seperated. My current husband emphasize for divorce as he consider its time.. More
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Fostering children in case their mother remarries
as-salāmu`alaykum wa rahmatu l-lāhi wa barakātuh... I got a query for you from a sister... She got divorced and got a child in her ex husband. Now she wish to get married with someone else. But as Islamic shariah, if she marries another man, the right of custody of child belong to father of the child.. Isn't it so? Now she doesn't.. More
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Why a wife loses custody of her children in case she remarries
Salam Alaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh, A Sister told me that when I have children and get divorced, and later want to marry again another men, its not allowed the children lived with me and the new husband. Is that true? I cant understand that because the most of woman would love much more their children than an new men and so she cannot marry.. More
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The father is obliged to spend on his child after divorce
Assalam O Alikum, i have question regarding my 14months old son custody.im sunni syed, I got married 2 years back and got news about my son in first month on which my x-husband said me to abort the child several times due to some clashes but i refused to do this, after that i gave birth to my son but my husband didn’t look after him and i was at.. More
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Wants to prevent her ex-husband from seeing his children
Asalamualaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu. I'm a single mother of three, my ex-husband does not in anyway contribute financially towards the upkeep of the children. I'm struggling financially with mountains of debt. Due to my daughter's health problems I cannot work. My question is can I stop him seeing the kids until he agrees to support them? I.. More
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Her ex-husband wants to get custody over her kids although he does not spend on them
As salamu aleikum,
My ex-husband filed a case in court to get custody over my kids (5 and 9years old) in the name of his mother. The judge, however, rejected it. Now he's filed a new case in his own name. He tells all sorts of lies, e.g. that I'm married, that I have a full-time job outside the house, etc. while none of these things is true. He does.. More
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His ex-wife refuses to allow him to see his daughter
My wife wants Khulla through court, I have two kids elder son aged 10 years and younger daughter 7years old,On the influence of my wife court decided that custody of son will remain with me and daughter will remain with my wife, but my wife wants to remarry through her parents consent, now please guide in the light of Islam that Is that possible that.. More
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She handed over her baby to her abusive negligent husband
as-salam `alaykum wa rahmat ALLAH wa barakatuh
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Raheem
A sister asked this question, kindly, help me to give her the reply, in sha' ALLAH:
I am mother of 1 month old child. My issue is that my husband never owned me and my child during pregnancy. he gave so much mental torture and physical torture so that i have to take divorce.. More
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