my brother believe in Rasool Rashad Khakifa who came after our Prophet Muhammed(pbuh)& as per their Rasool they have deleted last 2 verses of Surah Taubah.Our father knows these things and with other family members they are purposely hiding this from the Bride & the Parents of the Bride & asking us to cooperate in this marriage.Pls advise how can we support this marriage.

Fiqh of Marriage
16 Nov

He is not a muslim and he can not marry a muslim girl if he has such beliefs. You must expose him to them and treat him as a kafir.

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Suppose a muslim man and an atheist girl decided to marry, and the atheist girl has agreed to convert to Christianity by getting baptised in a Church. That is, she is not willing to become a Muslim, but willing to become Baptised Christian before marriage day. Should the man marry her?

Fiqh of Marriage
15 Nov

It is permissible to marry a Christina woman but this is not recommended to marry such a woman.

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Is the khutbah said before the marriage contract a highly recommended sunnah (mustahab)?Is it permissible to leave it for i heard some of them abandon the khutbah

Fiqh of Marriage
11 Nov

It is not part of the marriage contract.

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Can married couple can do nikaah again, to one another, if they wish to at any point of life??

Fiqh of Marriage
10 Nov

This is not permissible as it is playing with Allah’s words.

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Shaikh, I want to know that is it permissible to marry over video chatting? If the girl’s father agrees as well as the girl, but the girl cannot meet the boy face to face because they both live in two continents. The girl lives away from her father, but her father agreed to marry her to the boy she wants to marry. So is it permissible for the boy to marry her over Skype?

Fiqh of Marriage
09 Nov

Technically speaking, if all parties including the witnesses know each other beyond doubt and no one can impersonate one of them, this is permissible though I don’t advise of it as I have seen so many similar marriages where the woman has been running after her husband to divorce her and he is refusing that […]

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I recently had my nikah performed alhamdulillah. But we had it performed in a masjid, and my bride was on her menses at the time! We stupidly didn’t realize it was haram for her to be there on period. Is our nikah invalid, I am freaking out!

Fiqh of Marriage
08 Nov

The nikkah is valid. Ask forgiveness from Allah!

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Today my husband let me know that because I am not an Arab woman, he doesn’t ask me for wedding party. We got married three years ago. Is his thinking ok about no wedding party because I am not an Arab woman?

Fiqh of Marriage
08 Nov

This is from Satan. You are married for 3 years, why this subject came now? Don’t let shaitan interfere between you two.  Having a wedding party is not an essential thing in Islam and the marriage is valid without it. As long as he prepared a dinner and invited some people to it, this is […]

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Could you give advise in light of quran&sunnah? A muslim sister did her nikaah in presence of a wali she chose by herself (not her Father), 1 witness (2nd couldn’t come), and her husband to be. Then she left with this man she married. Her parents didn’t agree. I told her this nikaah is not valid. She doesn’t listen. What do you think about the situation?

Fiqh of Marriage
25 Oct

The marriage is void and invalid.

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In India, we have a custom of applying turmeric to the bride and the groom for some days before nikah. I think this is a Hindu custom but I am not sure. So is this custom permissible?

Fiqh of Marriage
25 Oct

If this is done for beautification or skin cleansing purposes and not in a way that imitates hindus or kuffar. it is permissible.

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Is it allowed for me to ask my to be husband in mahar – “that he cannot have a second marriage until I am alive”. Is it that I am stopping from something halal? And if a person does not fulfil / break the mahar , what is the ruling ?

Fiqh of Marriage
23 Oct

You can stipulate a condition, but this is not mahr. In this case he has to respect it or to divorce.

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