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Nikah (Marriage) - Talaaq (Divorce)

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I suspect that my husband is cheating on me.

No, never is it permissible to hire a private investigator to spy on your husband. You will be inviting the Curse of Allah Ta'ala. If you suspect your husband of wrong doing, make…

The Majlis Vol 28 No 06, p.8

A man has two wives.

The Watn of the husband becomes the watn of the wife. In Pretoria the wife will be a Muqeem, and in Durban both husband and wife will be Muqeem. However, if the wife permanently…

The Majlis Vol 28 No 06, p.10

A couple fornicated.

If the Imaam is a follower of the Maaliki Math-hab, then his fatwa is correct. According to the Hanafi Math-hab, the man can marry her even if she is pregnant. But if you are a…

The Majlis Vol 28 No 07, p.5

A man hugs and embraces his mother-in-law.

If a man hugs or even touches with lust with his bare hands any bared part of the body of his mother-in-law, his wife becomes HARAAM for him forever.

The Majlis Vol 28 No 07, p.8

Is khula‟ a right which the wife has?

Khula‟ is a mutual voluntary agreement between a husband and wife. To obtain Talaaq she pays back the mahr to her husband and he issues Talaaq. But Khula‟ cannot be imposed on any…

The Majlis Vol 28 No 08, p.3

I am a Shaafi‟ female.

The Iddat commenced from the time the Talaaq was granted. According to the Shaafi Math-hab, the Iddat consists of three Tuhr periods. The first of the three is the one in which the…

The Majlis Vol 28 No 08, p.8

My husband had given me one Talaaq.

If you had reconciled with your ex-husband after the Iddat of 3 haidhs, but without Nikah, then you were living in zina with him. The second „divorce‟ had no validity because you…

The Majlis Vol 28 No 08, p.9