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  • She is worried because she got married without a Wali

    salam wa3alaykoem wa rahmatoellahi wa barakatoeh, i'm married now 6 years,my mother didn't wanted to marry me with this man so mi parents left me with the mans family 1 year without papers, after that mi father came to me and gave me my papers so i can have mi identicard and marry this man. we made a marriage with the family of the man withouwt mi parents.. More

  • A case of a controversial marriage and Khul'

    Respected Mufti I did secrete nikah with an already married person against will of my family .My assumption was that ultimately my family would agree. In mean time one my friend told me about carrier related consequences of bigamy-loss of eligibility for job. He convinced me for Khula and prepare agreement paper. Discussing the problem with my husband.. More

  • 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

  • A marriage contract without witnesses

    salam.i already asked you a question.you gave me answer but in the form of related fatwa's.i request you to please give me a short answer.i am still confuse. my question is that,my nikah is conducted in the presence of one wakeel and one qari who is responsible for nikah.no wittners present at that time.when wakeel hand over our nakah nama the name.. More

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Two forms of unregistered marriage

    What is the Sharee‘ah ruling on the one who bears witness to an unregistered marriage contract? What should he do if he is asked to bear witness to it? May Allaah Reward you. .. More

  • Color does not affect the validity of marriage

    Is it permissible for a black man to marry a white woman? .. More

  • She did not consult her Christian father when she got married

    Salaamu aleykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh I have a question about a wali. I got married to my husband 3,5 years ago. Back then I wasn't a muslim, though I had opened my heart to islam but not made shahadah yet. I also wasn't a christian. We got married in a masjid with 2 witnesses and a local imaam. Now that I know more about islam, I have started.. More

  • 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

  • A couple making Waleemah for renewing their marriage contract

    السلم عليكم I am married,had waleemah and announced it! But i have recently found out that my nikah was not valid so i have to renew it! Does this mean i will have to announce the marriage again with waleemah,as everyone in the community thinks were already married so does it have to be announced again as this will be very embarrassing and.. More

  • The wife’s condition not to go to the husband's house before holding a wedding party

    Is it permissible under Sharee‘ah for the wife to set a condition in the marital contract that she will not be taken to her husband's house before a wedding party is held, noting that the wife will bear the wedding's expenses because the husband is poor?.. More