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Old husband with strong sexual desire
My husband is a 68-year-old religious man. His sexual desire is still very high. I am 64 years old. Our circumstances do not allow him to marry a second wife for social reasons like fear of creating bad relations between our children and my husband and possible adverse affects feared on our daughters' marriages. Hence, he does not prefer to do that.. More
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Wife was pregnant at time of marriage
Assalaamu alaykum. I was married to my wife 14 years ago. She was pregnant before our marriageand had an abortion, which I came to know of today,after our marriage. I do not know from whom she became pregnant. Is our marriage invalid or void? We had three children after the marriage. What is the status of the children? Are they illegitimate or not?.. More
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Wisdom behind prohibiting divorce during menstruation
Assalaamu alaykum. Please do not cite other fatwas. Why does the divorce of a woman who is menstruating not count? What is the wisdom behind it? Is the husband required to divorce her after her menses end?
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A childless couple in Canada needs to accommodate an orphan child
Assalaamu alaykum. I have a question regarding adoption. We are a childless couple who recently permanently moved to Canada after having burned all our boats in Pakistan (left jobs, home, and so on). Canada does not recognize guardianship, which is more in line with Islamic teachings, they only accept adoption. My question is, can we 'adopt' an orphan.. More
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Not every expression is metaphor of divorce
Assalaamu alaykum. I heard somewhere that the noble prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,got married to a woman and that when he wanted to approach her, she sought refuge in Allaah and he then left her, does this mean that pronouncing Isti'aadhah (seeking refuge with Allaah)is a Kinaayah (metaphor)for divorce? Secondly, a brother made a supplication.. More
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Husband denies divorcing wife three times
What is the ruling if my husband divorced me three times and then rejected that. There are also two witnesses who also deny it. Many muftis say that I am neither allowed to live with my husband nor to marry someone else until he accepts the divorce. What do you say about this?
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Companions going out for Da'wah with their wives
Respected Shaikh, assalamu alaykum. Is there any evidence/proof in hadiths that can confirm that any one of the Companions had ever gone out with his wife for Da'wah (proselytization)or Islah (Preaching of Islam)? Best regards.
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Annulling engagement does not require expiation
Assalaamu alaykum. I would be glad if you do not give me the reference of other fatwas. You said in respective fatwas that "An engagement is just a kind of promise for marriage, and it is permissible for each party to annul it." However, there is a hadith that says that if anyone annuls the promise, then they have to give the expiation, Should a person.. More
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Changing children’s last name
Assalaam alaykum. My question is concerning taking a last name different from that of your father. A brother's parents divorced twenty years ago because of a lot of problems. The father stabbed the mother with a knife and other bad things. The mother changed the last name of the children for security reasons and ignored the Islamic ruling. The children.. More
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Marrying non-observant Muslim
I am a muslim guy in Germany. Ten months ago, I met a muslim girl of Arabic and Turkish origins, but she was not raised in an Islamic atmosphere as her parents are not really committed to the prayer, fasting, and so on (only sometimes). She has great personal traits like modesty, honesty, and so on, and she is well-behaved, but she is not committed.. More
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Supplicating Allaah to get good husband
Assalaamu alaykum. I am sorry for the lengthy question. I am 23 years old and my parents are looking for a suitable groom for me. A fews months ago, they got a proposal for me from a boy whose name is Abdul Subhaan. My parents spoke to his mother and sent her my picture as well as we live in different countries. She saw my picture and spoke to my mother.. More
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Not metaphors of divorce
Please, is any of these four statements a Kinaayah (metaphor)for divorce:
- Your Lord will spread out for you of His mercy
- Recompense me for that and replace it for me with something better
- O Allah, recompense me for that and replace it for me with something better
- O Allah, recompense me with something better?
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Marrying for Tahleel then changing intention
Assalaamu alaykum. I married a man just to make Tahleel (marriage in which a man marries a woman after she was divorced three times by her husband simply in order to make it lawful for her husband to marry her again)because I was divorced three times by my first husband, so I married the second in order to become licit for the first. So we made this.. More
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Refusing to take off headscarf for visa photo
Assalaamu alaykum. I am 22 years old and I am a Moroccan living in Morocco. I am applying for the Schengen Visa and I am afraid that they will ask me to take photos without my headscarf. My family thinks that that is okay because these are procedures and we do not have any other choice. Besides, all the other hijabi women accept this rule! I definitely.. More
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Validity of conditional divorce
Is there any clear proof in the Quran or the Sunnah for conditional divorce? And is the incident of Layla bint Al-ʻAjmaa' valid or is that a myth? If it is valid, then why we are doing somtething that makes the devil happy? Why do we not go towards Allaah, given that Allaah hates divorce? I think that this is the best fatwa; that the conditional.. More
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