Divorce

QUESTION: Dear shaykh is my kids half brother a mahram for me to take me from UK to Saudi Arabia? He is 22, I was married to his father but we are divorced. I would like to know because my family isn’t Muslim and can’t take me Saudi Arabia.

Divorce, Mahram

27 Aug

ANSWER: Your step son is your mahram for life, you can travel with him even if you are divorced from his father.

QUESTION: In the West, when people divorce the kids go with the mom. The father if hes even allowed to see his kids will see them on the weekend or something or he might see them once a month and so on. In Islam whats the process of divorce regarding custody of the children in the west

Divorce, Fiqh of the family, Pedagogy education and upbringing

20 Aug

ANSWER: The custody is with the mother unless she remarries but the father has rights of visitation and to share them over the weekends, holidays and whenever it is appropriate. Seeing them once a month is wrong and unislamic but this is one of the heavy prices one needs to pay for living in such […]

QUESTION: If a man was to divorce a wife due to an unfair or without a serious or valid reason .Will he be held accountable by allah swt

Character and Morals, Divorce

02 Aug

ANSWER: Yes, he will be held accountable if he divorced her without a valid reason as this is transgression! How would he feel if someone did the same to his sister or daughter?

QUESTION: In Bangladesh, men divorce by signing a document where it is written “I divorce my wife,” and local scholars consider it valid. Is signing divorce valid in Islam? or must it be spoken? Can someone in Bangladesh follow local scholarly opinions on this?

Divorce

05 May

ANSWER: If he intended the divorce when he signed it, this is a valid divorce.

QUESTION: If a man marries a woman and gave one divorce before consummating the marriage, can he remarry her again if so how?

Divorce, Fiqh of Marriage, Marriage Contract

27 Apr

ANSWER: If he was never alone with her, one divorce is done and there is no iddah on her. If he wants to marry her again, he has to do the same process of the previous marriage, new dowry, two witnesses and the consent and approval of her guardian. If the marriage takes place, he […]

QUESTION: Should a man obey his parents if they order to divorce his wife for her infertility or dumbness or introvert nature?

Divorce, Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family, Kind Treatment of Spouses

02 Feb

ANSWER: Of course not unless he is not a real man!

QUESTION: My husband is a diagnosed narcissist and has caused me serious emotional, mental, and sometimes physical harm,am I sinful if I don’t want him to be in jannah with me?

Divorce, Fiqh of Marriage

08 Oct

ANSWER: You have a right to ask for divorce or seek khula in such a situation. If you remain married to him till you die and you both enter paradise, you must be with him.

QUESTION: If a husband refuses to go to enough counseling sessions, and refuses to have discussion with the family members including the wife and then he does talaq, is the talaq valid? Is the wife obliged to leave the husband’s house if the talaq is finalized after 3 months? In the court setting this will be framed as mom left the autistic kid who needed her care.

Divorce

05 Sep

ANSWER: The talaq is valid and if this is the 1st or 2nd divorce, she must spend the iddah in her marital house which is 3 monthly cycles. If he does not take her back during the iddah period, she must leave his house after the iddah as she is no longer mahram to him […]

QUESTION: My mehr is hajj + PKR 200,000. My ex-husband gave divorce last month. In-laws gave the 200,000 but said hajj doesn’t count. They are not paying hajj trip expenses and bullying me to return the gold they gave me on wedding as a gift. The Pakistani institute is not helping with fatwa of hajj as mehr. Can you please give me a fatwa which can help me secure my rights?

Divorce, Dowry, Fiqh of Marriage

06 Aug

ANSWER: You must not return the gold you had received as a gift as they don’t have any right in it and they would be like a dog which vomited and now eating its vomit as described by our prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam. He is obliged to give you the cost of the […]

QUESTION: My father and my brothers want me to divorce my husband and are threatening me that they will cut off every kind of relationship with me if I don’t divorce him

Divorce, Fiqh of the family, Halal/Haram Matters

29 Jun

ANSWER: If your husband is a good man and they had agreed to him earlier, ignore their demand even if it leads to cutting you off and disowning you as they are wrongdoers and they are transgressing by asking you to do such a heinous thing

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