QUESTION: Should the intention on nikah be for life? or can you do nikah with the intention of getting to know each other for a few years and breaking up if you don’t get along?

Character and Morals, Fiqh of Marriage
26 Aug

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited! Your intention should be to marry to live with the spouse for good! This is not a test drive! 

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QUESTION: I have heard that when we close door or window in the name of Allah no devil can enter.And they can see us but we cannot so do we have to curtain over window too as most of the window glass are transparent .Our apartment is on the top and people cannot peep inside .During intimate times should we curtain the window too to be protected from them?

Fiqh of Marriage, Jinn, Witchcraft, Black Magic and the Evil Eye
23 Aug

ANSWER: No need, it is sufficient to say the prescribed Duaa before intercourse “Bismillah, Aalhoma janibna ashaytan wa janib ashaitan ma razaqtana”

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QUESTION: We have no home.we plan to sell gold of my wife & my mom to buy a home along with few money from me and dad.My wife is willingly ready to give her mahr for this purpose.Ive not forced her although ive proposed this idea to her & she is 100% willing as home is better then having gold. Am i wrong to take it if she fully agrees to it?

Dowry, Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses
20 Aug

ANSWER: You must either write a document stating how much gold she gave which is a debt upon you to her if you were to divorce or die or you write in the deed that she owns 20% for example of the house so that her rights won’t be wasted. 

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QUESTION: She’s 38. Still no suitor comes bt with demand of dowry from her dad. As it’s a norm in the subcontinent, hardly any suitor would reject such dowry. Parents ready 2 give bt she refuses so they give her emotional&mental hits as they r worried for her life after they pass away. What should she do?

Dowry, Fiqh of Marriage
14 Aug

ANSWER: If there is no other way than to give dowry, it is permissible to do so due to necessity 

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QUESTION: I wanted to ask if it is islamically permissible to get married to a man that does not believe or follow shirk or dargah practices, but his parents do. His parents do not influence their practices on their son and assures that they will not impose their beliefs on their wife or future kids.

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws, Fiqh of Marriage
14 Aug

ANSWER: No problem in marrying him if he is a practicing Muslim with correct aqeedah and he won’t live with his parents in a joint family system

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QUESTION: Her bipolar disorder has a chance of affecting decision making, I believe this illness limits her from practicing Islam properly but I also think her upbringing is a factor too for not practicing. Permissible to marry?

Fiqh of Marriage
13 Aug

ANSWER: Why would you want to marry such a person who doesn’t practice and has known conditions! You would want to choose a practicing wife who would be an ideal mother for your children!

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QUESTION: I saw a video where a brother said that as long as you’re married Islamically, it’s halal to be intimate, even if you don’t register the marriage legally until years later.

Fiqh of Marriage, Marriage Contract
08 Aug

ANSWER: As long as the nikah took place Islamically, they’re man & wife regardless of the marriage being registered or not 

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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 […]

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QUESTION: A girl and i have intentions of marrying each other. i have met her parents and they have set conditions for me to meet in regards to my career and financial stability before we can have a nikkah. as i work towards those goals, is it allowed for us to talk to each other about each other’s wellbeing, career developments and other matters of life all within the limits of decency in the meantime?

Fiqh of Marriage, Pre-Marital Relations
03 Aug

ANSWER: This is absolutely prohibited as you both are still non mahram to each other until you sign the marriage contract and you must immediately cut all kinds of communications and contact with her and block her contact from everywhere

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QUESTION: I reverted to Islam and married a Muslim man. Before reverting, I was married to a christian and I have a son from this marriage who is staying with my parents (his grandparents). My present Muslim husband wants me to break ties with my son from former marriage. Is my husband right from Islamic point of view?

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family, Step Relations and Related Matters
30 Jul

ANSWER: No, he’s not right and it’s not permissible for you to break ties with your son. He has no right in ordering you to sever your ties of kinship with your own son !

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