Fiqh of Marriage

The father lives in a different country. But the paternal uncle lives in the same country as his brother’s wife and daughters. Since the father can’t be there, who should be in the marriage meeting when a man comes for his daughter? Is it permissible for the mother and daughter to be there with the potential husband and his mother?

24 Sep

ANSWER: They can’t sit with the potential suitor as he is non mahram to them. The father must authorized his brother to be her guardian and sit with the suitor.

My mother hates my husband for no reason and wants me to get a divorce cause we only have one child! He’s always good to her and respectful but she keeps pushing me to divorce my husband who is a great husband and a father? What should I do? She depresses me about it! Can I cut communication with her?!

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family

23 Sep

ANSWER: You must not listen to her in this regard at all and must say it respectfully but firmly to her that you won’t hear anything about your husband or your married life from anyone. Whenever she starts to talk about him, either change the topic or leave her. It’s not permissible to cut communication […]

Sheikh, this brother is soon going to arrange his walima soon in shaa Allah. now, a feast without the poor is the most despicable food right? so if he invites his aunt who lives in village and imaam and muazzin from mosque, they are poor. will this suffice?

Fiqh of Marriage, Sports, Entertainment and Music

21 Sep

ANSWER: No problem in not inviting the poor if this is not done out of arrogance. However, he should focus on inviting righteous people, regardless of their financial status.

Sheikh, My family friends asked for my hand and promised to come to Pakistan from USA. In Asian families word means a lot. Everything was decided and we were preparing for shadi. They bought the tickets and confirmed us. We even announced everything in our family. But they said no at the last moment. And said we are not liable for anything. Are they sinful for breaking promise?

Engagement, Fiqh of Marriage

20 Sep

ANSWER: There is no obligation to continue in such an engagement as it is not binding. Be grateful that Allah took it away from you and your family. Imagine how it would have been, had he walked out on you after marriage and two or three children!

I have a question regarding marriage, i got engaged half a year ago and i was not a practicing muslim, but now Alhamdulilah i have started practicing seriously, but my question is the girl i have been engaged to is not religious at all, what would u recommend ? cancel engagement or marry her

Engagement, Fiqh of Marriage

14 Sep

ANSWER: Of course you should cancel the wedding as you would want a practicing wife with correct aqeedah and a mother who would be a role model for your children who would instill Islamic values in them.

My question is can I refuse a proposal if I dont like the man. There is no apparant problem My parents had likes him but for no reason I am not liking him.i am divorced and my age is also going.my parents are telling me I can’t keep on refusing to get married if I dont like the person and not giving them any valid reason.what should I do.Am I sinning in refusing to get married

Fiqh of Marriage

13 Sep

ANSWER: If he is a good practicing Muslim with correct aqeedah and earns halal, you should get married to him as long as you don’t hate him or resent him! The demand for marriage is far less than the supply of women and good proposals are hard to come by these days! Therefore, it would […]

I live in a community that isn’t pious and islamic. Me and my family dont know any pious women. How should I get married? Is it permissible to contact a pouis sister online for marriage through email, twitter or instagram? So I make an appointment to meet her with her dad, would this be permissible? If this isn’t permissible, does that mean that I can’t get married? What is else can I do sheikh?

Fiqh of Marriage

10 Sep

ANSWER: You can let the local Imam know that you are interested in marriage or sign up for matrimonial sites however, it is not permissible for you to contact non-mahram women directly like this as they are non-mahram to you!

I have been asking u about nikah in the sub cont.U said it is not valid.Does that mean everyone one here is living in zina?We have some real scholars here who have not objected to it because the wali gives his full consent.U said renew the marriage contract but i am 16 and cant tell anyone to do it.So can i stay quite about it and just make dua to allah to forgive us all& show us the right path?

Fiqh of Marriage, Invalid Marriages, Marriage Contract

10 Sep

ANSWER: If they got married thinking that their marriage is legitimate and valid, their marriage is valid. Once they know the Islamic ruling, they must rectify it and renew the marriage.

If a persons wedding was arranged by parents where there was free mixing. Can this be regarded as kufr? Some scholars quoted Nisa 4:140 and Luqman 31:6 from Quran as saying Allah’s verses are being denied and mocked. Because if groom and bride commited kufr by attending this gathering before consumating then it means that marriage is annulled?

Fiqh of Marriage, Marriage Contract

09 Sep

ANSWER: Not even the khawarij would make this kufr! What kind of Islam are you inventing? Who among the scholars of Isam had ever said that such sins are kufr? Your attitude about Islam is very dangerous and would drive all those who know you away from Islam and make them hate Islam due to […]

Sheikh, the way many marriages take place in our country are against the sunnah, and in one of ur post u said that the marriage is not valid. So will the child be able to get the wealth of the father even if they dont follow the sunnah in marriage? I mean, in the society they think this marriage to be valid.

Fiqh of Marriage, Marriage Contract

09 Sep

ANSWER: The marriage is not done according to the sunnah and once they know, they must rectify it and correct it. However, the children are considered to be legitimate for their parents as their marriage was done in the wrong but they were not living in zina.

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