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  • Woman in ‘Iddah may go out for a need

    Assalaamu alaykum. First of all, thank you in advance for taking the time to answer my questions about this important issue. I requested my husband to divorce me due to several reasons, including loss of trust due to an emotional affair on his part, both of us growing apart from each other, his strong temper, me feeling disrespected sometimes, as well.. More

  • Doubting whether husband issued divorce or not

    Assalaamu alaykum. My husband and I had a fight, and as soon as the fight was over, I said, "If you do such thing again, it is over;" to which my husband said, "Same here, if you do such thing, then..." I do not remember what his words were after that. He does not remember it either. I asked him twice, and he said that there was no intention for divorce.. More

  • Divorcing second wife under pressure from parents and first wife

    My name is T. and I am married twice. The name of my first wife is B, and I have two children with her. Later on, I married another lady whose name is M. My parents were against my marriage with M. They asked me to divorce M. M's father was also against this marriage. The worst was that my wife B was extremely cruel. She took my children and went to.. More

  • Recalcitrant wife loses right to accommodation

    Salam. I read in some fatwas that a disobedient wife loses her marital rights and that her husband will not be sinful if he withholds her maintenance and accomodation. Withholding maintenance is an easy matter, relatively speaking, but how is one to withhold a disobedient wife's accomodation? Should the husband send her to her father's home? Or can.. More

  • Signing delegation of divorce

    My question is regarding words of divorce said by the wife to her husband. During my marriage, neither I nor my father put forth any conditions. During the verbal marriage proposal and acceptance, nothing was said about my right to divorce. Afterwards, when my husband was told to sign the marriage registration form, he read it in full. One thing caught.. More

  • Whether husband has share in divorced wife's property

    My husband divorced me and is now asking for his share from the houses which I bought while I was with him. Is he Islamically allowed to ask for his share? I have also heard that alimony is haram in Islam; is that true? .. More

  • Husband steals from stores

    Assalaamu alaykum. My question is about theft (stealing). My husband works for a couple of bakeries (one in a supermarket, and the other is a private one). From the supermarket, he usually brings fruits (a few) and tells me that he salvaged them because they are reduced produce that is going bad very soon and which the supermarket will throw away. From.. More

  • Why Umm Habeebah wore yellow perfume after her father's death

    Hello, I would like to ask about part of the description of the battle of Yarmuk: “When the news of his death was carried to his daughter, Umm Habeebah, she waited until the third day, on which she ordered some yellow paint and covered with it her arms and face, saying, ‘I would not have done that had I not heard the Prophet say, 'A woman should.. More

  • Case of conditional triple divorce

    Assalaamu alaykum. My wife and I have been arguing on and off over the past few months. Two months ago, we had a really big argument, whereafter she forced me to take an oath in orderto reconcile. It was a conditional divorce which she made me repeat after her - if I do something, at any time, which she thinks is wrong and hurts her or of which I know.. More

  • Husband refused to have children and abandoned wife

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Dear Shaykhs, please help me in this matter. I have been married for three years, and I am currently staying at my parents house and have been separated from my husband since a year due to lots of issues that we have. I used to ask for divorce because of many reasons; the main one is that he refused.. More

  • Divorcing wife with the word ‘talaaq’

    I have divorced my wife a total of 4 times; there are two divorces regarding which I want to know whether they count or not. 1) My wife called me and said that she had called the police on me; I had a panick attack and almost a nervous breakdown. I was panicking and looking out of the window when I heard sirens. I was crying and really upset, and.. More

  • Dealing with disobedient revert wife

    Assalaamu alaykum. I need help with the following issue: my wife and I met before she became Muslim, while I embraced Islam a week before I met her. I told her that I would not marry her as a non-Muslim, so she embraced Islam and attended the masjid every week in order to learn from the imam and it is about 40 km from her place to the masjid. The problem.. More

  • Disciplining wife who cheated on husband

    Assalaamu alaykum. How are you? I do not know if this is the correct way to contact you. My name is Riaz and I live in Mozambique. My English is not so good. I have been married for seven years, and we have two kids. My wife was cheating on me; when I caught her, she denied it, but then I started investigating and found so many proofs that she accepted.. More

  • A husband saying to his wife

    Assalaamu alaykum. During a quarrel, a husband said to his wife, "If you are not satisfied, you may take the decision." Does the husband have any right to say that? Has the husband given any right by saying it? Please answer the question according to the Hanafi Fiqh. .. More

  • Husband does not pray and prevents wife from visiting parents

    I am from Iran (I am Sunni-Hanafi), but I was born and brought up in Dubai. I have been living in Iran ever since my marriage. I did not want to marry my husband but was guilt-tripped into it by my parents. There is a 10-year age gap between us, and we are bothreally different. I was brought up in a religious family, and his family is so fancy. We really.. More