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Holding a wedding ceremony is not enough for the validity of marriage
Assalamu alaykum, I have a question regarding a complicated situation. If a woman who is divorced meets a potential husband and he arranges for two of his friends to give the ceremony, but no maher is given or promised, no Imam is present, and no paper is signed, and marriage is not consummated, is this a valid marriage? Also, if the husband divorces.. More
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Husband is not entitled to stipulate that his wife does not marry after his death
Bismillah, Assalaam Alaykum Shaykh, Can a man put a condition in the marriage contract which stipulates his wife cannot marry after his death? Death such as on the battlefield or by other means? May Allaah reward you with good. Wa'salaam .. More
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She does not have a Muslim Wali to give her in marriage
Salaam Alaykum, I am a divorced muslim american woman who is engaged to an egyptian muslim man. I would like to go to Egypt to marry him. All of my family are Christian..my mother is ok and is very happy about the marriage and my father does not care either way. I know I need to have a male family member "give me away", but I have no male family member.. More
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The validity of a marriage based on lies and deception
AssalmuAlaikum respected Shaikh,my self Masoom Raza from India my question is regarding Nikah (marriage ) one of my relative who is 20 years of age came in contact with a girl through Facebook she told her that she is a Daee the boy impresed with her and they started caling each other by moble phone,The boy and the girl fixed there Nikah on phone without.. More
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Conducting marriage contract over the phone according to the Hanafi Mathhab
I am from Hanafi maslak and I respect all maslaks because all 4 maslaks are considered valid. My question is regarding a telephonic nikah. A girl name SARA is residing in Italy and a boy named AHMED is residing in Pakistan. Last year they performed their nikah on telephone like this that SARA appointed someone from Pakistan as her wakeel to do offer.. More
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No difference between seriousness and joking in marriage
If a woman said to a man: "I have married myself off to you", would she be regarded his wife just by that word, given that he said: "I have accepted"? There is a Hadeeth narrated on the authority of the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, in which he said: "There are three things in connection with which both joking and seriousness are considered.. More
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Color does not affect the validity of marriage
Is it permissible for a black man to marry a white woman?
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Wife's father said he never authorized marriage
As salaamu Alaykum brother in islam , My wife went to her father to seek permission to marry me. The father gave permission to his grandson to stand in for him as the Wali. My wife has been married twice before marrying me. The 1st husband died and second there was divorce which now has passed 3 yrs. My wifes step-mother is very difficult and she does.. More
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Bearing witness to the bride’s consent to marriage is recommended
Does bearing witness to the bride’s consent to marriage mean hearing her consent to marry that specific man, or does it mean bearing witness to her appointing her father or her guardian to finalize the marriage contract? We hear some people asking the bride: “Do you accept your father to be your guardian in the marriage contract?”, or is it only.. More
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Forged marriage contract: clarification
I married a man and after a period of time we encountered some problems and I asked for divorce, but I was shocked when he told me that our marriage contract was forged. Am I going to be held accountable by Allaah for this, given that I had no idea that the marriage contract was forged? What is the punishment for such a husband? .. More
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Ruling on marrying with ill-gotten money
Is it permissible that one marries with money stolen from the state? .. More
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Marrying a Christian woman without a matrimonial guardian
Two years ago, I married a Christian girl from Holland. We concluded the marital contract in the presence of two Muslim witnesses but my wife had no guardian. I did not know that the woman's guardian’s presence is a condition for a valid marriage. At that time, my wife was 23 years old. I did not conclude my marriage at the Real Estate office in the.. More
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Offer and acceptance in the marriage contract
Someone says that the marriage contract is unnecessary as long as people know that this man will marry that woman and she agrees. He argued that there were no marital contracts during the era of the Messenger of Allah. What is the Sharee‘ah ruling on this? May Allah Reward you.
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Visual impairment or blindness does not entail the wife to choose whether to maintain marriage or annul it
I married my cousin about seven years ago. Before I was married, but after the engagement, I suffered from retinal bleeding, underwent surgery, and lost sight in my left eye. A few months after the operation we got married, but I never told her about my loss of vision. For a while after the surgery, I used to see blurred images. Now we have been living.. More
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Not telling the husband of previous sexual assault does not affect the validity of marriage
A girl was raped, but she did not tell anyone about that incident out of fear for her family’s reputation and a wish to keep her face and repent, seeking forgiveness from Allaah The Almighty. This girl performed Hajj and repented to Allah the Exalted. Her family forced her to get married after she had refused many suitors for fear of potential scandal... More
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