Fiqh of Marriage

QUESTION: Wali is required to be valid nikah. But what if a person who believe this marriage without the wali present? Did they commit zina? The person is a male. He believe that there is no nikah without wali, but in love he did it without the wali of the girl. So the nikah is invalid. Now, does this constitute zina?

Fiqh of Marriage, Invalid Marriages

11 Oct

ANSWER: Yes.

QUESTION: Before marriage when talking with the potential spouse,is it permissible to ask her if she performs prayers 5 times on time or she has to make up some prayer?if she makes up how many prayers she makes up in a week?also if she watches movies,listens to music or not?Or would it be considered as exposing sins?

Fiqh of Marriage

02 Oct

ANSWER: You can tell her that you are looking for a spouse that doesn’t do these things and you won’t expect continuing to live or stay married to a wife who does such things or skips prayers and then you can ask her if you are both on the same page.

QUESTION: Father jobless for 3 years. mother supports our family of 6, but he controls her income, abuses her if she refuses, prevents her saving, & takes her savings for without permission, poorly managed investments, often losing the principal. No elders remain to intervene, & her younger brother fears worsening matters. This abuse harms her health. What is the correct Islamic course of action?

Fiqh of Marriage

01 Oct

ANSWER: She is the one allowing this to happen! If he is not providing for her and her family, she can opt for divorce and sure enough, he has no right over a dime of what she earns! She must change her password of her bank accounts and ATM cards and she must not give […]

QUESTION: My husband consults his mother& brother -in law about every small & big matter concerning our marriage & children & always follows their opinion.If I suggest something, he often does the opposite after they speak. Even our personal matters,children’s matters, spending & school decisions r discussed with them & obeyed. I feel I have no value or privacy as a wife.Should husband & wife make their own

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws, Fiqh of Marriage

28 Sep

ANSWER: You need to be more diplomatic and take things in a more lighter way. It seems that he trusts their judgment and finds an escape in their advice so that if things go wrong, he can blame them. This is better than blaming you for his wrong decisions. Don’t allow Satan to mess up […]

QUESTION: My family’s marriage proposal for me was almost fixed, but I never wanted it because I loved someone else. Despite telling them, I was pressured to agree. I didn’t speak to the chosen man for six months because I didn’t want the marriage. Eventually, he understood and the proposal stopped. Now everyone is deeply hurt, and some curse me. Am I sinful for stopping the marriage and hurting everyone?

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family, Pre-Marital Relations

23 Sep

ANSWER: You are sinful for being in a relationship with someone else but you are not sinful for refusing to marry someone you don’t want.

QUESTION: I’m a 28-year-old practicing Muslim woman who prioritizes Allah’s commands. A proposal has come from a man who is financially stable, calm, responsible, respectful, and prays five times daily. However, he is less religiously practicing than I had hoped. His family practices customs I believe are bid‘ah. How should I evaluate this Islamically?

Fiqh of Marriage

19 Sep

ANSWER: You must not settle for a suitor who is less practicing than you or who would make your life miserable, for example if he watches movies and listens to music when you don’t!

QUESTION: Sheikh,a girl whose parents are divorced since years ago and her dad doesn’t visit them or talk to them neither cares or anything about her. She has no contact with him and neither her dads family.Now the sister is worried about the marriage and her wali. Is her dad still her wali or if not then whos the wali of her,since also her dads family have 0 contact with her?

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family

14 Sep

ANSWER: Her dad is still her wali. She should be more worried about severing her ties of kinship with her father and his family as this is one the major sins in Islam, rather than who would be her Guardian for marriage! She must contact her father and reach out to him and must maintain […]

QUESTION: Is it right for a husband to publicly mention or show others what he spends on his wife? To get praise , isn’t disrespectful attitude?

Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses

07 Sep

ANSWER: This is not appropriate and I don’t think he would like it if his wife would boast about what she does to him to her family members and friends.

QUESTION: I want to marry a religious, educated, good-character girl in a halal way. I told my mother but she rejects it only because we’re the same age. Since childhood I obeyed my parents in everything. I’m 21 and not rushing marriage, I just want them to accept my choice so I can inform her family before she’s asked elsewhere. Please advise how to make them understand.

Fiqh of Marriage

03 Sep

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to have premarital relationships in Islam. You must cut all ties with her immediately & send a proposal to her father asking her hand in marriage and you can’t contact her until he agrees & your nikah is done. You are not obliged to have your parents’ consent as you are […]

QUESTION: I’m pregnant, and I promised Allah while praying for a child that if I have a boy, I’d name him —– or —–. However, my in-laws insist on naming him —. My husband said he will try to convince them, but if they disagree, we will go with —. Since I promised Allah to name him —– or —–, will it be a sin on me if we are forced to change the name to —?”

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family, Pedagogy education and upbringing

03 Sep

ANSWER: Your in laws have no right in keeping the name of your baby! This right is only of the baby’s father, he can consult you in this matter and name the child. If you took Allah’s name and made an oath to keep that name and it so happened that it wasn’t kept then […]

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