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  • A wife stipulating that she and her husband remain friends until she loves him

    Assalamualaikum.My female friend is a divorcee and she has a male friend who is interested to marry her but because she suffered a lot in her first marriage,she wants to tell him that after marriage they can remain as friends until she starts loving him then they can live as husband and wife.If he agrees, is this islamically acceptable?if ever she cannot.. More

  • Not a condition for bride to pronounce acceptance of marriage during contract

    Assalam alaikum, I am a revert muslim and got married 6months ago and my husband has doubt that our wedding wasn't done islamically. My husband said that the imaam has to ask me if I accept him as my husband and I should answer that I accept him three times. He thinks that we are not bless with child because our wedding was not done properly. he is.. More

  • ‘Iddah not necessary when remarrying the same husband after doubtful marriage

    Assalamualaikum Unfortunately this cannot be my last question about this topic as your recent answers have created more complexities. Based on the answers you gave me in this link https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/2525663, it is not clear and consistent if one should go through an iddah lasting 3 menstrual cycle if they wish to remarry the same person.. More

  • Divorce does not occur in marriage which is invalid by consensus

    Divorce after Invalid nikah or nikah without wali. There are two type of fatwas I have seen on your website. One says there is no divorce as there is no nikah from the beginning. The other one states divorce occurs in a marriage where is a difference between ulema on its validity. Which one of them should be adopted? .. More

  • Entering an invalid marriage out of ignorance

    I am a convert to Islam for 8 yrs now. I had meet a muslim brother. He asked me to marry me and I had said yes. I asked him what we would do to get a Islamic marriage and he replied that we only needed the islamic community to know about that we are together. So we exchanged promises with each other alone that we would stay together forever. So I believed.. More

  • He married a married woman who lied to him

    What should I do if I married with a woman who falsely told me that she was divorced with her previous husband? I believed her and married and had a child. Now I found out she lied to me. .. More

  • Claiming marriage was invalid to escape the consequences of the third divorce

    Two people commit zina, it results in pregnancy, they get married after the 4th month of the pregnancy before making tawbah to hide the sin, they live normal etc and then get divorced 3 times, the girl then tells the guy that their nikkah was invalid because they got married during her iddah (during the pregnancy) so based on this they want to marry,.. More

  • Woman has right to rescind forced marriage

    In Fatwa No : 87853 you say that the majority of scholars permit the father to force his daughter to marry someone she does not want to marry but in Fatwa No : 162499 it is said that you follow the opinion that the girl may be given away in marriage without her consent but she has the right to rescind it. Please clarify this. Do the majority of scholars.. More

  • Marriage without a Wali is invalid

    Assalamu Alaykum, I am from India. We are from strict islamic family. One year ago my sister in law's daughter ran away with one man and married. Now they are living together. Our family was not ready to accept this because he was not following islamic life, was drinking and also a with criminal records. As we oppose this they married without Waliy... More

  • Wife set condition for marriage that son would live with her

    Before marrying my husband I told him that I have my son 10 years old. and want to bring him to live with me. he accepted and said that he is going to support me. when I married him. my son arrived almost 2 years after (I managed to bring him as it was not possible before). before he comes my husband was upset and was trying to make me change my mind... More

  • A case of marriage without the guardian's knowledge

    I married a girl without her parents’ consent 4 years ago. We had a relation and I was in fear of Allah of a haraam relation, so I married her. I realize now after study that I should make her wali agree upon me. How will I do this??- 1. Will I let her wali know by her or by my wali that I have married his daughter without his consent but now I seek.. More

  • Marrying a woman who proves to be still married to her first husband

    ASLAMO ALAIKUM, sir my question is.a man marry a divorce women after two years a man know this truth her first husband not gave him divorce she is liying her second husband.in this situatin he throw out her wife and stop all the relation with her.what you say about this marry.and secondly.her first husband daughter who her women real daughter is wish.. More

  • Adultery does not establish lineage or affect marriage

    i have learnt from this forum that whenever there is difference of opinion on a matter then a mufti should choose that opinion which is more close to quran and sunnah. please refer to question no.2512190, there are two opinions on this issue. one that was answered on this forum that nikkah is only way of establishing linkage and adultery can not establish.. More

  • Marriage concluded without Wali

    Salaam If a Girl and a boy do nikkah with each other without the presence of wali and keep it secret. The wali doesn't want to marry her daughter wth the boy because he belongs to a Raja Family & boy belongs to a Kashmiri Khan Family. Secondly Boy's family doesn't match girl's family according to financial status, and thirdly boy is less educated.. More

  • Separation does not affect a valid marriage

    I would be very appreciating for your help on this matter: 1. My wife and I performed Nikkah in 2003, followed by a walleema (celebration in front of friends and family) 2. Hamdouli’l”Allah, Allah, blessed us with 2 beautiful kids. 3. My wife filed for dissolution of Marriage (divorce) in an American court. The court found No valid marriage took.. More