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  • His non-Muslim wife refuses his second marriage to have children

    I am Muslim and married with English woman and she is non-Muslim and she cannot have children, Allaah said that we can get married four wives. I would like to have children but I don't know what I do in case she does not accept to let me marry another woman. Can you please tell me with details all my rights? .. More

  • He needs to get married urgently but she does not

    May Allaah continue to maintain our chastity. I need your advice over an issue. Over the past week an American female student in my room became very interested in me after I offered her assistance seeing her distressed and crying. I offered her advice out of Quran and Sunnah. However she seems to attempt conversation all the time-at one stage.. More

  • Married in court to an outcaste

    I would like to ask that if a person married to outcaste and not perform Nikaah and did court marriage and have a child now can they perform Nikaah. What is the value of this marriage the boy is Muslim does the girl get her Shariah right? Can Nikaah be performing after having child? .. More

  • An unspecified set of gold as Mahr

    There is a certain instance whereby a Muslim man married a Muslim woman and the dowry was supposed to be a set of gold (i.e. earrings, bangles and necklace). These couple are now divorced before the dowry was given to the woman. As the value of the set of gold was not specified, there is now a dispute on what is to be paid to the woman. (There.. More

  • Establishing relation with another man does not deem a woman divorced

    If a married woman who is not happy with her husband love other man or make relation with him. In that case she will divorce? .. More

  • A daughter wants to stay unmarried

    A father is looking for a groom for his daughter but she wants to remain unmarried. What should the father do? If the daughter does not agree to marry even after Naseehah, should the father leave her alone? On the daughter's part is there any sin if she makes such a decision, is it counted as disobedience to parents? And finally, for how long.. More

  • Wants to take off Niqaab to give better Da'wa to her non-Muslim relatives

    Is a Muslim woman sinning if she takes off Niqaab after wearing it because she feels that there is a greater benefit in taking it off because of the purpose of giving Da'wah to her non-Muslim family? Note: that I live in Australia and I feel that Niqaab is a Sunnah (Albani report on Niqaab) and Allaah Knows best. My family really dislike me wearing.. More

  • A First Wife Whose Marriage Has Not Been Registered

    I married my husband in a small mosque organized by Muslims, I'm not sure if its a member of a big mosque. We had witnesses and he paid me sum of money as protection money. But my biggest confusion comes from the fact that he was not able to give me a legal marriage certificate. Its been 2 years now. I married him day before I came back to Philippines,.. More

  • A 10 year old child fostered by paternal uncles

    I would like to ask a question. I would like to know the "fair" and Islamic solution to this problem. A mother was divorced after she had a child. The uncles, from the father's side, took care of the child nearly all the time. Later, the father died, and the child stayed with his uncles. During this time, the mother would see her child, and he would.. More

  • Second wife disobeys her husband because he does not stay with her

    My friend who has a second wife and he doesn't stay with her for genuine reason. Second wife refuses to obey him for not having staying with him. Her request is if he stays she will obey and wear and behave like normal Muslim girl. At times she deprives him of close relation between husband and wife. Please advice. .. More

  • Metonymic expressions and divorce

    My wife and I got into an argument and I got angry and told her to go back to her mother's house. Does this consider divorce? .. More

  • Divorced his first wife only on paper

    I have 2 wives. I am in the military and they punish those who have extra marital marriages. The punishment is 2-6 years in prison. Some of my workers witness me with my second wife and had a concern they brought this to my boss attention. My boss warns me about the punishment in the military. Out of fear, I talk to my first wife to get divorce.. More

  • A child is not as Mahram during travel

    Quoting Fatwa: 90273 that women can only travel with "Mahram", what if you can't afford to pay for two or no Mahram available at that moment and nevertheless its the only time you managed to save money for her. And also is the baby considered as Mahram? .. More

  • How to identify chastity in marriage

    I know that the Quran says we should marry chaste women. I also know that men are supposed to be chaste before marriage, isn't? If that is the case how do we identify chaste men based on Quran and Hadeeth or any modern discovery? .. More

  • Wife goes out without husband's permission

    A wife disobeys her husband when he asks her not to go to a certain place, and as a result of him refusing her permission, she doesn't talk to him for 7 days consecutively. What is Islam's position on this? .. More