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  • Validity of prenuptial conditions

    Conversation started today 10:30am Benjamin Appel Conversation started today 11:57pm Benjamin Appel As-salaam Alaikum, I have some questions if you have time to answer it or point me toward sources it would be appreciated. 1. Is an agreement prior to marriage contract legally binding if: it is a generally accepted verbal agreement between parties ie.. More

  • They renewed marriage contract because husband did not pray

    Asallam U Alaikum, If wife prayed regularly and husband did not pray at all. When they found out ruling that marriage contact should be renewed and they renewed it. Would any statement of divorce made before the contract was renewed be counted as divorce or not. Even if at the time of the first conract they thought it was a valid contract and were ignorant.. More

  • They do not know if the witness to their marriage prays or not

    I hope you can answer this question regarding Nikkah. If a couple had the marriage contract performed in a masjid with the wali present and one witness was the Imam of the mosque and the second witness was provided by the mosque and there were no other witnesses present and the Imam introduced the second witness as our respected trustee of the mosque... More

  • Your marriage is valid even if it is not built on love

    I married to a girl of my parents choice to whom I did not wanted / liked to marry. I don't like her. In fact I hate her. I married only to keep my parents happy and due to their consistent pressure. She married to me on her parent's choice but she wanted it and is happy about it. It's been 5 years now since I married, have a kid, but I'm not happy.. More

  • Writing marriage contract without any verbal exchange

    salaam aleikoum shaykh, I married at the moroccan consulate in the Netherlands, but they perform 3aqd without lafdh (oral, spoken) but only written and in the 3aqd the adminstrator has written the wali also as a witness, my father was also present. We had a big feast afterwards so it was no sir (secret) marriage but announced very good. Some tullaab.. More

  • A case of doubtful marriage and divorce

    i commited zina with a boy and fearing allah instead of giving kuffarah i married the same boy in presence of qazi without my elders/witness going against them.after three months i got concieved and i gave birth to a baby boy in the month of ramadan.in my 2.5 yrs of my married life my husband has given talaq more than three times but regret that it.. More

  • Renewing the marriage contract

    If for some reason a woman remarry her husband or repeat the nikah does this invalidate the marriage, it was extremely necessary for them to repeat the nikah .. More

  • Void conditions in the marriage contract

    Before getting the 2nd wife; If I put condition to the lady ( 2nd wife ) and her guardian that I can not provide her equal time and financial facilities what I am giving to my 1st wife now (as she is sick and having 3 children ) and then the 2nd wife and her guardian are agreed with this condition and marriage is happened. It is worth to mention here.. More

  • A groom making Nikaah Khutbah and a bride making Qabool

    1. Can a Nikah Khutbah be recited and lecture be delivered by Groom on the occassion of Nikah/Marriage in presence of family members and other people ? 2. Can a groom make ejaab and the bride make Qabool in presence of their walis?.. More

  • Her father refuses to let her marry anyone from a non-Mulsim country

    Dear Sheek, My step sister used to live with us in UAE when she was 4 years old. She then left with her mother to England (where her mother's muslim family lives, and they never came back due to problems between the two families). My father never divorced her mother, as he expected them to come back and he was told it was only a visit to her.. More

  • She may have lost her virginity with her ex-fiancée

    I’m 30year old lady and ,2 years back I was proposed by a boy and his parents and My parents and I agreed to get marry him, then my father and all my uncle(maternal & paternal uncles) visited his place and in front of all including his father and brother he accepted to marry me, They recited some dua which recite on day of wedding, That.. More

  • Ruling on the judge marrying a bride off with her father’s consent

    I proposed to a twenty-five-year old girl and she accepted my proposal, but her mother refused because I am married. Although the girl’s father approves of our marriage, he cannot face his wife. Is it permissible for that girl to resort to the judge to marry her off to me? .. More

  • Marriage of a woman who has no guardian

    A woman who has no relatives wants to marry. She has only one married daughter. Is it permissible that her son-in-law assumes the responsibility of her marriage as her matrimonial guardian?.. More

  • You are not his wife due to these considerations

    A young man proposed to me and I agreed to marry him. He asked me to make him feel as if I was his wife, not his fiancée. So, he ordered me to swear by the Quran that I had accepted the marriage. The following day, he said that he had made his friend and one of his relatives witnesses to this 'marriage'. Later I ended my relationship with him and.. More

  • Concluding the marriage contract while the husband is absent

    Is it permissible that one deputizes his family to conclude his marital contract while he is absent because he is abroad, while the bride and her family are present?.. More