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  • Complicated marriage

    I have an embarrassing question, but need an answer. I met a Muslim man in 1993 in the USA. I was a Christian American. We began dating and even lived together and committed Zina. We were both ignorant at the time. He had strayed from Islam and was completely ignorant of even the basics of Islam and I was a Kufr. I got pregnant and we married.. More

  • Civil marriage

    Is a civil marriage considered a Nikaah? I ask as due to circumstances, the Nikaah of the sister is not to be held till a later date, however it is urgent that the civil marriage be held very soon. According to some people however, if men are present at the civil ceremony (i.e. the brides' father and brothers), the civil marriage will be considered.. More

  • Wants to marry a woman without her father's consent

    I would like to get married to a sister that her father is Muslim and her mother is catholic. The sister wants to become Muslim but the problem is that her mom is not happy with it and her dad is not accepting her to marry because he wants for her someone who will give 120000 dollars. I would like if it's permissible to get married to her without.. More

  • Does not want her father to marry her off to his choice

    I am a practising religious woman and I wear the correct religious Hijaab. I have three children and was divorced since seven years. I am suffering from being a widow and want to get married to a religious man. However, my family wants to marry me to a Pakistani man even if he does not pray. My father does not have a correct belief and he.. More

  • When she married her Muslim husband she was a Christian only on paper

    I married my Muslim husband 9 years ago in my country while I was Christian in papers but atheist in reality and I was not a chaste person. Now I became Muslim from 6 years, even I am a devout Muslim now dressing Niqab and we have 3 children. Is our marriage valid? .. More

  • A man who proposed to her wants to keep their plan a secret until after the marriage

    A man asked for my hand in marriage. He is very honest and a believe. He loves Islam and obeys Allaah's words but he wants to keep our marriage a secret till after we are married. He doesn't want to tell his family about it. I feel very uncomfortable about it. I know his family is very honest and religious people. Is it Haraam to hide marriage.. More

  • He wants to marry her, but her father says not now

    I have a dilemma. About 1 and half years ago, I proposed to a sister for marriage and we both agreed in the presence of her brother (who was the Waali). But I never made my intentions known to her father. She is currently at university and has 2 and a half years left to her course. She is of a different caste to me, but she says when she.. More

  • Thinks he may have to renew his marriage because he was not praying before the wedding

    I have been married for the last 4 years with a lovely wife and daughter Hamdu Lillaah, but I have a big problem which keeps tormenting me and making my life hell, when I got married (Aakd Al-Nikaah) I was not praying but my was (I only started praying on the day I consumed my marriage--3 days after the Aakd Al Nikaah). I heard lately that I must.. More

  • Wants to know if he is still married

    In 2000 I went to Jordan to get married to a Syrian girl. This was an arranged marriage. Two weeks after meeting her we did the Kaatib al-Kitaab. We spent another two weeks together as husband and wife but we had not consummated the marriage. When I came back to the states I decided not to apply for her papers and thus divorce her. From Jordan,.. More

  • Wants to marry without her parents' consent

    I intend to marry someone who is of a different ethnicity to mine; he is a practising Muslim and is very much in to the Deen, Maasha' Allaah. I have read Istikhaara over and over and every time I have had good dreams and positive feelings. My family is very traditional and says that I must marry in the family. The person they have lined up.. More

  • Marriage to a Russian girl

    I want to marry Russian girl but in our city there isn't any (Shaikh) or any Islamic mosque and I have to marry in the court. Is my marriage legal or not and what should I do?.. More

  • Needs a guardian to marry a new Muslim convert

    Allaah Gave me strength and guidance to convince a non-Muslim girl to embrace Islam, and I want to marry her. Her family has no Muslims at all. When I get to marrying her, do I need a Wali or can she marry herself to me? And if I do need a Wali, can my father be her Wali after asking her?.. More

  • Marriage with: 1) a non-Muslim, 2) an apostate

    If a guy embraces Islaam and his wife embraces later or does not do they need a new (Nikaah) or previous one is enough this is the first and second. One who becomes Murtadd (non-Muslim) and does repentance (Tawbah) whether it is right that if her Iddah has not passed he does not need a new (Nikaah) but if her (Iddah) has passed he needs a.. More

  • Husband takes Ribaa loan, won't leave Canada

    My husband live in Canada before we got married and when we got married I told him that I will accept to live with him in Canada just for a couple of years then I want to return to my country. He accept in front of my parents and relatives and now I have been here in Canada for 9 years and have 3 children and he refuse to go back and I do.. More

  • Validity of marriage among non-Muslims

    My question is: If the non-Muslim is getting marriage and if both husband and wife are spending the night or enjoying the night, then is that they do Zina or is that Halaal? .. More