Fiqh of Marriage

There is a brother who has asked for my hand in marriage. I am considering to ask him to memorize a surah as part of my mahr or as a condition of marriage. He agreed. Am I allowed to do this? And if so do you have any suggestion of any surah. I’ve read Surah An-Noor, An-Nisa and Al-Maidah are surahs that were adviced to learn by the salaf in different occasions.

Dowry, Fiqh of Marriage

13 Aug

ANSWER: Mahr should be paid in money, gold or land, plot or anything material so that if you were to opt for khulu in the future, you can compensate him by returning to him what he had given.

My mom is forcing me to get married to someone I don’t like. She’s worried that I wont get a boy in future and just because of that, it’s illogical to get married to any guy that comes across. I’m 25.But I dont like the guy she’s been showing me. How to make her understand that it’s Allahs will, when he wants I’ll get married. But forcing me into this is not the solution,when I dont like it.She tells me that i dont love her, respect her because of all this.

Fiqh of Marriage

13 Aug

ANSWER: Nobody can force you to marry against your wish. However, you must not keep rejecting good proposals of practicing brothers with correct aqeedah because you are not getting younger and I have many cases of women rejecting good proposals and waited for their prince charming and their age slipped and now they’re crying and […]

If a man is barren is it permissible for his wife to leave him because i saw a local moulvi saying that marriage with a barren man is not halal like that nikkah is not valid. Also i know that it is Allah who gives children.

Fiqh of Marriage, Invalid Marriages

30 Jul

ANSWER: What this so called maulvi has said is absolutely baseless and wrong. He is an ignorant and must not be listened to or learnt from. The nikah is totally valid. The choice is for the woman to make if she wants to live with this husband or not. If she wants divorce because of […]

Before my marriage my father told to my in laws that i donot quit my government job after marriage, at that time they said okey. but now they and my husband force me to leave the job. they deceived me and my family. Now what should i do? whats the islam said to me in this case?

Fiqh of Marriage

27 Jul

ANSWER: If your husband had agreed to let you work, he must fulfill this condition, providing this is a halal job and if it is not a mixed place as its not permissible for women to work in a mixed environment where they have to mix and interact with men. You have the right to […]

Sheikh my husband disrespects my parents and I many times tried to make him understand about it.what is the ruling in Islam about it and what should I do

Fiqh of Marriage

27 Jul

ANSWER: Don’t talk about your parents in front of him at all and do not let them meet each other. Go to your parents house without him and whenever he tries to bring their topic up, change the topic and talk about something else discreetly and even after this if he doesn’t stop insulting them, […]

We r searching rishta for our brother,my brother age is 22 but he is induged in some bad habbits like alcohol smoking should we tell all these thing where we r doing his rishta or not ? My mother says to me i am alnoe come with me for visiting people but i do not feel this fair and justice wth the family we will do rishta (marraige),but if we will tell them no one will marry him.what to do In ths?

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family

27 Jul

ANSWER: You must not be a part of this process at all and remind your mother in a respectful manner to fear Allah! Ask her how she would feel to have been married with someone who smokes and drinks alcohol that she had no clue of before marriage! Would she want her daughter to marry […]

Sheikh I read a hadith about the dayooth. I do not wish to be amongst those men.I buy my wife hijabs to wear she sees me pray everyday also is around sometimes when i give dawah. Will i be blamed & labeled as a Dayooth by allah if she chooses not to pray or leaves the house without hijab ? What should i do?

Fiqh of Marriage, Women clothing

27 Jul

ANSWER: It is your responsibility to see to it that she’s properly dressed in the Islamic hijab while going out and you will be answerable before Allah if you allow her to go out without hijab. If she doesn’t listen, admonish her and threaten her with divorce. If this doesn’t work, send her to her […]

Sir our prophet SA asked to see the bride before marriege,so that he can feel attraction to the dride.Is this applicable for both man and women?I refused few person who earns halal nd pray but i was totally not attracted to their look.My mom say,why u will feel attraction before marriege?after marriege you will feel attraction.But is it right to say yes against my heart?it feels huge stress to me

Fiqh of Marriage

24 Jul

ANSWER: You are allowed to see your potential spouse before marriage at the initial marriage interview conducted by your father. If you were not attracted to him, there is no problem in refusing as you are the one who has to live with his looks for the rest of your life however, you must not […]

I’m going to get married to a man who is righteous (his CV indicates so and i’ve met his family and him with my mahram). We both are on the same page with having a halal wedding. What advice would you give to tackle parents who seems to want to please people rather than Allah?

Fiqh of Marriage

17 Jul

ANSWER: What do you mean by ‘to please people’? If they want music, free mixing or any haram practices at the wedding, you must put your foot down and not allow this to happen but with utmost respect, diplomacy and by never raising your voice in front of your parents.

I want to do Nikkah but my dad is late. Who can be my Wali in this situation if my uncles live very far and no smooth relationship between I and my uncles?

Fiqh of Marriage

11 Jul

ANSWER: Your wali is your paternal grandfather. If he is dead, then your eldest brother. If you don’t have brothers, your paternal uncles. If you don’t have any, then your paternal cousin.

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