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  • A divorced wife asks for her deferred Mahr after she had waived it Date: 25-4-2014

    a nikaah took place in which half of the mehar was paid and half was decided to be paid later, however after a year the wife said to the husband that she forgives the remaining portion of mehar and she doesnt want it... after 3 years divorce took place between this couple and the husband gave her talaaq. now after 6 months the wife is asking for mehar.. More

  • Husband should pay back what he received as dowry Date: 10-4-2014

    Before my marriage, my mother asked for a list of things my inlaws are going to give us. They sent a list of it and later on my mom asked for more dowry which they have not accepted and said that they will give whatever they wish to and gave the same. I was not involved in it which I should have done by not asking the dowry. Here my question is, do.. More

  • Father-in-law's wife is making her life miserable Date: 5-4-2014

    Its 1 year i've being married,i stay with my inlaws,my FIL have 2 wives,my husband is 1st wives son,we all stay at 1 single home.My own MIL luvs me,but my step MIL always have a problem with me,she have tormented me a lot.she have asked her 2 kids who stay at home,not to talk to me.my FIL used to luv me a lot like his own daughter,but now he too have.. More

  • A wife may not desert her family for worship Date: 29-3-2014

    If a married women decided to move far away from her family and do only ibadah. Is it a sin to move away from the family to worship Allah the almighty? .. More

  • The dowry is the right of the wife, not the husband Date: 29-3-2014

    assalamu alaikum my husband's parents promised their son in law that my husband would build a new house for their daughter after he marries her. this was part of the dowry which also included another house.my father in law is unemployed. he only has 2 children- my husband and a daughter.he has given everything he owned including the house and a land.. More

  • Her husband gave her a ring instead of the dowry agreed upon with her parents Date: 11-3-2014

    My husband bought me a diamond ring theday followingourNikaah andtold methat this ismy dowryalthough theagreement he hadwith my parents was to payin dollarsand not jewelry. CanIrequest the agreed dowry from him or not? .. More

  • She imagines having intercourse with a Mahram to enjoy sex with her husband Date: 11-3-2014

    I am happily married but somehow I have lost sexual feelings for my husband. For me to enjoy sex with him I have to imagine terrible un Islamic things like having sex with my brother, father etc. If I imagine this I then enjoy sex with him. Please help me because I want o enter jannah but I am failing to fight this away. .. More

  • A son may pay deferred dowry on behalf of his father Date: 19-2-2014

    ASSALAMUALAIKUM WA RAHMATULLAHI WA BARKATAHU RESPECTED SIR, MY FATHER DIDN'T PAY MEHR OF MY MOTHER NOW MY FATHER IS OLD AND MISSING FROM 5 YEARS. CAN I CAN PAY MEHR BEHALF OF MY FATHER PLEASE ADVICE JAZAK ALLAH KHAIR .. More

  • Who determines the Mahr - the bride or her guardian? Date: 10-2-2014

    Principally who has the right to decide mahr - the bride herself or the father? From sources I have learned that it is the explicit right of daughter and need to be decided among the intended couple so guardian/parents should not involve themselves to put pressure. Also, what can a lady demand in mahr apart from money and gold?? Some say that you may.. More

  • Wife may not work without husband's permission Date: 26-1-2014

    If wife works and husband does not want her to work but the wife insists on working then is it permissible to deposit the wife's check into a joint account (husband and wife) and spend it on household expenses, while letting her know that this money will be used for bills, mortgage, and grocery? Even if the wife stays home she does not perform her duties.. More

  • Traces of sexual intercourse should be removed according to social manners Date: 23-1-2014

    I am a newly-married wife. I got married less than a month ago. We have not settled in our own house yet, and I am staying with my sister and her husband, who is my maternal cousin, for now. My husband comes over for some days a week, and he insists on having sexual intercourse with me in my sister’s house, leaving the traces of the intercourse on.. More

  • Husband’s right to know the reason behind his son’s illness Date: 23-1-2014

    Assalaamu Alaykum, I am a married man and have a ten-month-old child. Does my wife have the right to lie to me about the reason behind my son’s illness, hiding the real reasons for his sickness under the pretext that we have problems and that she thinks that I would accuse her of negligence? The child suffered from intestinal obstruction and had.. More

  • Nothing prevents one from having sexual intercourse with his wife on wednesday night Date: 23-1-2014

    In the Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Ever Merciful Assalaamu Alaykum, I love you in (the Religion of) Allaah. Some people say that it is impermissible to approach one's wife on Wednesday night, and if one speaks while having sexual intercourse, it will bring about a defect (in the child to be born of that intercourse). What is your opinion,.. More

  • It is permissible for the husband to take his wife for psychotherapy Date: 23-1-2014

    I married a twenty-eight-year-old girl and some time after our marriage, I felt that she had a psychiatric disorder. Her sister, a pediatrician, accused me of causing her to have a psychiatric disorder, although we are still in the early months of our marriage. In every problem, her father tells me that he cannot exert any pressure on her, lest she.. More

  • Ruling on asking to check the wife’s e-mail Date: 22-1-2014

    I would like to ask a question. If the wife has an e-mail, then, in principle: 1- Does she have the right to keep her password unknown to her husband? 2- Does the husband have the right to ask his wife for her password without having a bad intention or would this be considered a violation of the wife’s rights? Many thanks. .. More

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