A female who is in iddat has to leave home to write exams.
It is not permissible to leave the home to write exams during your iddat. The iddat is Waajib. It is Allah's command. You may not violate the command of Allah Ta'ala for a worldly…
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Nikah (Marriage) - Talaaq (Divorce)
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A girl is committing suicide by starving herself because her father had forced her to marry someone whom she did not want to marry.
The sin of the daughter's suicide is on the girl as well as her father who had forced her to marry someone she did not want. A father does not have such a right. It is wrong and…
A man's wife has died. He wants to get married now to her niece (brother's daughter).
The Nikah will be valid. If his wife was alive, then whilst married to her, Nikah with her niece would not be valid.
Zina was committed. The woman is pregnant.
It is permissible for him to marry her in this state.
What is the effect of Talaaq Raj'i? After reconciling with the wife, does this Talaaq fall away?
If a husband gives his wife one Sareeh Talaaq (i.e. a Talaaq in which the word Talaaq/Divorce is used), then he may take her back without Nikah. However this one Talaaq will remain…
A man has had an illicit affair with his wife's sister.
Although the haraam immoral affair is vile to the extreme, the marriage is still valid. Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam), emphasizing stricter purdah for the brother-in-law,…
A Muslim girl is getting married to a Christian man.
Nikah between a Muslim woman and a non-Muslim man is never ever valid. She will be living in zina with such a man and the children will be illegitimate.
A Christian woman embraced, not her husband.
If the Christian woman has embraced Islam, but her husband does not, then their marriage terminates and becomes null and void. The woman will be free to marry a Muslim man after…
My cousin from West Africa has married a non-Muslim woman in the U.S.A.
If the non-Muslim woman to whom your cousin is married is a Jew or a Christian (not an atheist), then although it is not permissible to marry such a woman, nevertheless, the Nikah…
What is the Shar'i status of wives and others who scorn, abuse and reject polygamy?
They lose their Imaan. They become murtad and will hang upside down in Jahannum.
A man married a second wife without the knowledge of his first wife.
He should do what the Shariah instructs him. He should never submit to the haraam dictates of his wife and her family. It is haraam for him to divorce his second wife to satisfy…
Many people say that the second wife is a home-breaker.
It is not the second wife who is a home breaker. The kufr concealed in the heart of the first wife is the homebreaker. When a person is dissatisfied with Allah's laws, then Allah…
A husband wrote out a Talaaq Baa-in for his wife.
One Talaaq Baa-in came into force. Destruction of the letter does not cancel the Talaaq. The Nikah ended the moment he wrote the Talaaq. He can live with his ex-wife only after…
Please let me know what is the process when the wife wants divorce and the husband refuses?
If the wife has no valid Islamic (Shariah) grounds for divorce, then it is haraam for her to ask her husband to divorce her. Such a woman will be deprived of even the fragrance of…
I was told that the Math-habs don't allow marriage outside the Math-hab.
It is incorrect to claim that the Math-habs prohibit marriage outside the Math-hab. It is permissible for a follower of one Math-hab to marry a follower of another Math-hab.
A Nikah was performed over a cell phone.
The Nikah which is performed telephonically is not valid. The witnesses do not hear the Ijaab (Proposal) and Qubool (Acceptance) in the same majlis (session/venue). The Ijaab is…
Although the Nikah was performed months ago, the girl's parents do not allow her to live with her husband.
Once Nikah has been performed, the husband has full right over his wife. The bride's parents have no right of preventing their daughter going and living with her husband. It is…
If an infant is fed a woman's milk with a bottle after the milk was extracted, will the effect be the same as if the infant is suckled by the woman?
Yes, the effect is the same. During the period of breast-feeding the law of Hurmat-e-Radhaa-at comes into effect regardless of the method the baby is fed the milk. Whether the baby…
My husband telephonically said that he has given me three Talaaqs, and a letter stating this would follow.
The statement made by your husband to you telephonically is Talaaq Mughallazah. Three Talaaqs have come into effect. It matters not if he issues a letter or not. His statement that…
A husband due to impotency is unable to consummate his marriage.
He should not unilaterally divorce his wife on account of his inability to consummate the marriage. The two of them should take a joint decision. If the wife wants to be divorced,…