Fiqh of Marriage

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 […]

QUESTION: Sheikh In Islam is there any value of commitment given to someone for nikkah… That I will marry you.. no Haram relationship just via family I have communicated that I will marry you .. if I search somewhere else will I be sinful?

Fiqh of Marriage

01 Sep

ANSWER: No, there are no strings attached and you can simply have a change of heart and marry someone else as they themselves can also reject your proposal and marry someone else.

QUESTION: If a husband inserts his finger into his wife’s vagina (to the point she is satisfied) while she is menstruating, is this haram? If it is haram, and he did it without knowing that it was prohibited, is there any kaffarah required, or is sincere tawbah sufficient?

Fiqh of Marriage, Halal/Haram Matters, Menstruation and post-natal bleeding

30 Aug

ANSWER: Its not permissible to touch her private part when she is bleeding because the menstrual blood is najis. He should repent to Allah and not do it again. There is no kaffarah for this.

QUESTION: My dad is adamant that I accept a marriage proposal. I’ve done my istikhara and I’m not satisfied but he says I’m doing my istikhara wrong. He said if I reject this proposal he will not be involved in any of my marriage proposal process later. All of this is making me really anxious. What do I do

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family

29 Aug

ANSWER: You must look into the proposal and assess it from all sides and see how many boxes does he check! If he is a truly good proposal to lose, you should reconsider and check with elders and wise people in the family for advice. If he does’t check a lot of the boxes, do […]

QUESTION: Is my father still my wali if he has said in the past things of kufr or joked about Islam? Advising him is hard because he says, “I know Islam better than you.” I’ve had marriage proposals, but I don’t know how to regard my father’s position as wali. I don’t want to act without an opinion because I’m afraid my nikah may not be valid.

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family

27 Aug

ANSWER: If he were to die today, would you inherit him and accept your share of his wealth or would you reject it on the basis he is a kafir?

QUESTION: I got a proposal the groom family is salafis namazi and deendar and are very reputated people and also very rich but groom is 12th pass and iam a btech graduate should we accept this proposal

Fiqh of Marriage

16 Aug

ANSWER: Is he going to teach you? His degree doesn’t have anything to do with marriage even if you had PhD!

QUESTION: Please enlighten me how we should pray for our sister, who is not getting any match for marriage, owing to her dark skin complexion and one broken engagement due to the same reason.

Fiqh of Marriage

10 Aug

ANSWER: Ask Allah who is the provider to send her way someone who would cherish her and take care of her and make her happy.

QUESTION: If I were to carry out full financial responsibilities towards my wife, I can’t help out my elderly parents. My dad can’t find a job and my mum has to work to make ends meet. On paper, it is a man’s duty to work and spend on his family, but the reality may not be so straightforward. How to go about?

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

06 Aug

ANSWER: You are obligated to provide for your wife and children and will be accountable for that. Supporting your parents is virtuous, but if you cannot afford it, you are not sinful.

QUESTION: How to balance kindness to wife and not letting her disrespect you

Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses

29 Jul

ANSWER: You need to become a man and differentiate between being kind and when someone disrespects you! There are many wacko people out there who exaggerate things way beyond proportion and make an issue of a no issue! Such people are hard to live with and they need counseling and a lot of mentoring until […]

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