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  • Marriage by Telephone

    I am living in Pakistan and my wife is living in U.S.A. We met on the Internet and we got married. None of her relatives are living here but she is Muslim. I want to know if we are married. She appointed someone (her deputy) to marry her with me over phone. Still we haven't met. Please help me. Imam said we are married and we have a marriage certificate. .. More

  • Committed Zina Then Married Without Family's Permission

    I knew a guy who came to ask for my hand, but my family said, 'no' I stooped seeing him. Then one day he stooped me in the streets and said he loved me. I believed him and went to his house. He raped me then he said don't worry I'm going to marry you. We did without my family, but we had 2 witness and a Sheikh. .. More

  • Non-Saudi Citizen Wants to Marry Saudi Widow with Children

    This is a personal problem, however the verdict may be useful for many with similar matter. I am a 31 years old Arab and Muslim, non-Saudi citizen living and working in KSA. Through my family 4 years ago I met a young 28 year old Saudi widow with three children (two girls and one boy). Kindly reply whether:1) Is there any objection from a religious.. More

  • Secret marriage

    I would like to know about "Al Zawaj Al O'rfi" I mean The Secret Marriage when a man and a women agree to get married wihtout registering in the legal or religious court. Please tell me if it's permitted in Islam... More

  • Her Husband Was Engaged in Foreplay with a Non-Mahram Woman: Does He Have to Marry Her?

    After childbirth my husband and I had a quarrel on the way home. He proposed to his secretary who accepted instantly (knowing of the baby and of our quarrel). She is 26 years old and from a place where they put great emphasis on virginity. He wrote her a piece of paper and told her that they were now married (no witnesses), and then he took her in his.. More

  • Islamic and other marriages

    If I ask a woman to be my wife and she accepts that and I accept her to be my wife and the God is the witness on that. Is that possible and the marriage is not temporary? What is the difference between the marriage in the Islamic way and other ways, such as Christian? .. More

  • Declining Wedding Invitation Due to Mixing of Sexes

    My brother in-law is getting married soon. His wife is not yet a Muslim. Her father is organizing a big party for the wedding. I don't want to go because there will a mixed gathering of men and women. My wife will be very upset when I will tell her. Am I wrong not to go for the reason mentioned earlier? Please give me advice what to do. .. More

  • Girl Wants to Marry Without Parents' Consent

    Is it possible for the virgin Muslim female to marry a Muslim who is recommended and well known in the community by his good behaviour and morals if her parents refuse him for no reason? In that case, can she let any one of her relatives or even leader of the Muslims to be her "wakeel" to process this marriage, although her father is there? .. More

  • Arrangements with girl's uncle for her marriage

    May Allah (SWT) guide us all to the right path always (Ameen)? I would like to ask if a mother's brother can be a Wali when the girl has no father and no one from her father's side and she have only her mother's brother, can he do her marriage contract as her Wali? Can he agree or refuse for the girl's marriage proposal without enough reason? If he.. More

  • Marrying Girl with Intention to Leave Her

    I would like to know the reasons for making Zawaj el-Neya (when you marry a girl you intend to leave her without telling her that you will leave her when the time comes) Halal and what are the evidence from Qur'an and Sunnah. .. More

  • Father Won’t Allow Daughter to Marry

    I have a 32 years old sister who has been suffering from depression like symptoms because of not being married at her age. A man in his late 30's wants to marry her. I know that he is an excellent person in character and in Islam from the people I talked too. He is an Imam in one of the local mosques and a known professor at a university. The man is.. More

  • Sequence of woman's guardians in marriage

    I have no Wali currently as my father has passed away and I have no brothers. Is it ok for me to be my own Wali if I am of age? (34) .. More

  • Sunni Woman Wants to Marry Sunni Man But Her Non-Sunni Parents Object

    Does a woman have to have a Wali to be able to marry? There is a young lady who is from ahl-Sunah whose family are all from those who believe that the companions of the Prophet committed Kufr. She wants to marry a young Sunni man but her family does not allow it. They want her to marry only a man who holds their beliefs. That means, she has no Wali.. More

  • Parents Obliging Children to Marry

    Can parents obligate their children to marry someone without the children's consent? .. More

  • Mut'ah (temporary marriage)

    Dear Sir, I am a single Muslim guy living in the U.S. During my stay here, I met several Muslim brothers, who are She'ah. They are trying to convince me that "Zawaj Al Mutah" is HALAL, and that even SHiekh Qaradawi approved it. And that Omar Bin AL Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) is the one who abolished it, and declared it Haram... More