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Nikah (Marriage) - Talaaq (Divorce)

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Is marriage to a Salafi girl valid?

Marriage with a Salafi girl is valid just as marriage with a Muslim prostitute is valid. However, such a marriage will be full of misery, hence inadvisable. There will be no…

The Majlis Vol 25 No 10, p.3

My husband has cheated on me.

Countless women are undergoing the same heart-breaking problems. When men lack Taqwa, they conduct themselves like atheists. They really do not believe that Allah Ta'ala is seeing…

The Majlis Vol 25 No 10, p.4

A man has two wives.

In the scenario mentioned by you, if the wife who lives 100 kilometres away desires equal nights, then she has to reside in a house procured for her by her husband in the town…

The Majlis Vol 25 No 10, p.5

I have an illegitimate child.

The biological father who has fathered a child by zina, is not accepted as the legal father by the Shariah. Thus, there are no ties of inheritance between them. The 'father' has no…

The Majlis Vol 25 No 10, p.5

My wife left home without valid reason.

If the wife has left of her own accord, then she is not entitled to any nafqah as long as she does not return to the marital home.

The Majlis Vol 25 No 11, p.2

A Couple is married for 7 years.

In the scenario mentioned by you, the wife has a valid reason to ask for Talaaq although there is much greater merit in adopting Sabr to tolerate and bear the injustices of the…

The Majlis Vol 25 No 11, p.2