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New Muslim and second wife deceived: What to do?
I am a 2nd wife to my husband and we did this marriage in secret without witness, now he says doesn't want to be married anymore and the marriage wasn't valid anyway, after we consummated our marriage over a 3 month period, is he able to do this me under Islamic law? I am a new Muslim and I think he takes advantage of my not knowing about things.
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Virginity is not an obligation
I m a Muslim from Turkey and at present I lives in Belgium. I have met a girl she is daughter of the sister of my mother. This summer we had an engagement and Insha Allah, next summer we will marry. My question is: She says she is a virgin and I believe her because she prays 5 times a day alj-Hamdu Lillah, she is a Muslim. But what when we meet first.. More
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Conditions of Marriage according to the Four Fiqh Schools
A Muslim man came to me with 2 Muslim women and asked me and my Muslim friend to witness his marriage on one of the women without recording the marriage by Sheikh, I refused to witness the marriage because the woman has no father or brother or any one as a custodian but she wanted to marry herself to the man. What I did is right or wrong according to.. More
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The Hanafi School and the issue of Wali
I was told by someone that it is not necessary for a divorced woman to have representation (Wali/Wakeel) at the time of Nikah. The evidence that was given to me was based on either Hanafi or Hanbali Fiqh, as I was told. Now to my understanding, there is no Nikah without a Wali. Please advice me as to the correct answer... More
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A New Marriage Contract Is Necessary
There are a few issues that are troubling me and I want to clarify them. I hate to admit this and I am repenting as I was not a virgin before I got married. I was married earlier this year and was separated a month into the marriage. I did not consummate the marriage with this man because I was having problems within the 1st week of the marriage. I.. More
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Cancel this Marriage Contract and Conduct a New Legal One
I want to ask you a question about my life and me. I met a guy in 1993 who was a Muslim, we fell in love and we lived together. In 1995 he was imprisoned and then I became Muslim. We tried to get married since he had no legal papers, and no passport we cannot get married in Swedish way. I went to the Masjid and tried to get help from them, they too.. More
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Careless father may refuse to let his daughter get married
I am 19 now and my parents got divorced when I was only two weeks old, my mother raised me all my life and paid for all my expenses and she worked hard to ensure the best life for my brothers and I, my father got married and didn't take care of us financially, he sent us some money as a gift every few years. My question is: whether my father is a person.. More
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Very Doubtful Marriage
Is my Nikah valid? I have a few questions regarding Nikah, which are very troubling me. I had a Nikah performed with a woman who had been married once before. Her prior marriage lasted only around 3 months. She claimed that she did not have sexual intercourse with her former husband. Our Nikah was performed only one week after her husband gave her Islamic.. More
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Consummated marriage before Walimah
I married a Muslim girl. After we married and few months before the wedding we slept together and we did what a husband and wife does, (without the knowledge of our families). Is there any mistake in such things? She is my wife and all people know that, but still we did not make the wedding... More
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Wants temporary marriage as a student in Europe
I'm student in Germany and wanted to protect myself from Haram so I tried to marry, but I think the Muslims in Europe don't want me because I'm still student. Is it Haram to marry Christian just for my time in Germany and then divorce? I know its Zwaj Mut'a Haram but is that also Haram with Christian or just with Muslim?.. More
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Had English legal wedding but no Islamic wedding
My Tunisian husband came to this country and we had to get a legal English wedding in the registry office to get his visa. After I became a proper Muslim, i.e. took my Shahadha I asked my husband for an Islamic wedding. He said he won't have one as his brother came to the English registry office. He says he doesn't need one and that an Islamic wedding.. More
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Mother of Children Worried If She Remarries
Can you give us an advice about customary or secret (not documented) marriage in the following situation: my sister is divorced and has two kids and she is afraid of marriage officially and her husband will take her kids. On the other hand, the man who want to marry her afraid that his wife will leave country with his son as she is Arab not Egyptian... More
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Wali Recants of His Approval for Daughter to Marry
If the Wali (guardian of the woman) says to a given man: "I give you my daughter in marriage". And before the man expresses his consent to the proposal, the Wali recants his offer. Is the offer binding, anyway or is the woman now free to marry another man?
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Married a Muslim Born Outside of Marriage
I'm a Moroccan young woman who married a French young man. He embraced Islam through conviction the day he took me as a wife according to Shariah. My husband respects the five pillars of Islam and we both make efforts to learn more about the principles of Islam and the Qur'an. The issue is that my husband never believed before in God because of the.. More
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Marrying in A Place Where Only A Male and Female Muslim Live
If a Muslim is living in a place where everyone are non-Muslims. He wants to marry (probably Muslim convert). But there is no one to arrange their marriage. Can he himself get married to her? Is it possible? If yes, then what should he recite?
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