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  • Seeks to help his friend avoid a divorce

    After through discussion with an Islamic scholar (Mufti), my friend has sent the first divorce notice to his wife. Among many others, one pertinent issue was that my friend's wife did not cook food for her husband, did not clean the house and had no interest in general house keeping. Later, from reliable sources, my friend came to know that according.. More

  • Remarried wife concerned about the children being with her ex-husband

    I am a revert to Islam since 1989; all praise to Allah for giving me the true guidance. My question is in regards to family. I have been married to my second husband for 5 years now. Upon divorce from my first husband, (he is Muslim also) we agreed that we would not fight over the placement of the children; however they remained mostly in my home... More

  • Wants to propose to an unreligious girl

    I am an IT graduate with good evaluation and a good job and - by god's will - a good future Inshaa Allaah. I come from a reserved family, my parents are religious, my mother teaches and studies Fiqh and Sunnah and Tafseer and other Islamic topics, me and my brothers do the prayers 5/5, at mosque my father and sister know the Holy Quran by heart. I.. More

  • Must she tell about a previous engagement?

    I would just like to know if I must tell a suitor (for engagement) if I was engaged previously or had done Katb Iktab? Nothing happened physically, Al-Hamdulillaah, just Katb Iktab? .. More

  • Divorced 3 times for adultery and her first ex-husband wants to remarry her after her second marriage

    I was married to a man and we divorced because I cheated on him. We did divorce three times because he kept taking me back. I then married and had a daughter with this man (He is not Muslim). Now this new husband has left me because I cheated on him. I have recently saw my ex-husband again and he is not married again. He has asked me to.. More

  • Quranic recitation by the sisters

    Please in a Muslim organization of some few brothers and sisters, they hold Quranic memorization weekly, after the lesson the leader asks the people to recite individually to ascertain their understanding of it. Please can the sisters also recite audibly and if they can, should they sonorously or just like normal conversation?.. More

  • Wants to remarry his first wife whom he doubts he has divorced

    I live in the US and I have been married twice but unfortunately both marriages were not successful. In the first marriage there was very good understanding between me and my wife but due to some unfortunate events, we got separated. Eventually, I decided to marry again. I never pronounced divorce to my first wife. Since our marriage took place.. More

  • Over four-month lapse in husband's affection

    My husband does not sleep with me for over four-month and what I hard is that if married couples stayed without making love for four-month without any reason that their marriage is over that is as good as three Talaaq... More

  • Took an oath on her husband's insistence

    Once my husband ordered me to swear on God that if I talked loudly in front of him then I am divorced so I swore by God that if I talked loudly in front of him then I would stand divorced thrice. Now I need to know that where do I stand. If I ever spoke loudly then would I be divorced and how to get rid of it. Remember it was me who took the.. More

  • He questions the marriage of a Muslim to a Christian woman

    I was amazed when I came across a situation in Sydney, Australia where a Muslim man has married a Christian lady. They have two children who are Muslim but the lady is still Christian. I have seen the Fatwa in this site where (correct me if I am wrong) you are allowed to do that with a woman from the people of the book. But then in this case,.. More

  • Parents object to his desire to marry deaf girl

    I am in love with one handicapped girl but she is Muslim by birth, she is totally deaf, she prays five times a day, she is perfect in all Islamic way, but the thing is my parents are not accepting this relation because she is deaf that's all, please suggest me what can I do, I am waiting since from 6 years, still I will wait but she is already.. More

  • Marriage situation almost desperate

    I am a newly reverted woman, married to a Muslim man. Until recently our marriage seemed great. However recently it has been hard to keep together I am trying my best but I am not sure if he is. See I previously wrote to you Fatwa: 89856, and he does pray and read Quran etc. So I am trying, he finally agreed to have kids with me, however he says.. More

  • Questionable divorce

    It's a question about divorce. I am second wife of my husband and got married with him 3 years back. At the time of marriage my husband told me that he has given divorce to her first wife but on fourth day of marriage he told me that I was not given divorce to his wife when I back to America I will file divorce case. Actually the story was totally.. More

  • His friend wants a temporary marriage

    I am sending this question on behalf of my friend who is an Egyptian living and working in a Western country. He’s 33 year-old, divorced, (only after marriage contract), there was no consummation. He is looking for someone to marry. Recently, he met a lady, 40 year, divorced, with two kids. She is a Muslim too but not religious and doesn’t.. More

  • Married with two different contracts

    Which of thetwo marriage contracts is valid and applicable? I am married to my wife based on two marriage contracts, where the first marriage was prior to declaring it in writing, we did marry based on Abu Haneefah sect where she stated that 'Ismah is in her hand as well, i.e. she can divorce herself and the first was verbally in front of two.. More