Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh Brother/Sister. I have just found a question to you regarding the divorce; I mean, one Afghan girl got married in Afghanistan with an Afghan man who has lived in Germany for years, and after spending 20 days, he went to Germany and left his wife in his father-in-law's home and did not appear for four.. More
Assalaamu alaykom, I was married in 2008 as a second wife. My husband and I had many arguments; on one occasion, he divorced me twice with the words of talaq (divorce). He took me back the same day, but after a year we separated, and he said that I was free. I asked him whether we were married and he replied in the negative. Later, under pressure, he.. More
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaah. If you have been divorced more then once, is it necessary to tell people or is it ok to mention that you have been divorced but not how many times? Or do you have to tell the person that you will be marrying how many times you have been divorced? Just to protect your reputation as in the Indian/Pakistani culture it.. More
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullah. I have a question concerning my divorce. I was married for nearly four months, and after that I 'divorced' my wife. There was no abuse or disrespect in our treatment, but I treated her coldly and neglected her. After some discussions, we got along with each other and decided to stay together. However, her family insisted.. More
Assalamualakum,A while back, my wife and I were going through some very bad times. In one conversation she she said to me "If you do take a second look at a woman, then its 3 talaaks, OK?" I had no intention of divorce, but reluctantly answered "yes". I had effectively lied to my wife, and only answered yes to give her assurance that I would not look.. More
Assalaam alaykum. My question is the following: I was engaged with a girl for four years, and then I married her just a few months ago. The reason that I got engaged and married was based upon her practicing her religion, like observing the ijab and so on. During our engagement, I never saw her not observing the hijab in front of any non-mahram (permanently.. More
Assalaamu alaykum Shaykh. I married a girl without her guardian, and one day, in anger, I said to her, "I divorce you, I divorce you, I divorce you." I asked this from you before and got the fatwa that if one got married according to the Hanafi way, then it is valid, however, there are two opinions for divorce; some scholars say that it counts as one.. More
I have been married for the past nine years. During this period, my husband has treated me in the worst way. He never spent on me or my children. Rather, I am responsible for his needs and ambitions, such as a new mobile every year and a car, a flat, clothes, and pocket money. He is very cruel to me, uses abusive language, and beats me sometimes. I.. More
Assalaamu alaykum. I recently got married. This marriage was against my husband's will. He took an oath on the Quran, in the name of Allah, that he will never accept me as his wife in this life. Please help, what should I do now. Is this considered a divorce under the 'eelaa'form or just a divorce? Should I end this relation? Please help.
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Assalaamu alaykum. I have been married for ten years and have two boys with my husband. I found out after we got married that he is a drug addict and has a daughter. He has committed adultery and the woman did a paternity test which confirmed that she had his child. There are now other women who claim to also have his child, but I do not know if that.. More
Assalaamu alaykum. I have been married to my husband for more than nine years. After our marriage, I came to know that he was jobless. I was a school principal, so I continued my job. Later on, I got a good job offer in a Gulf country, so I accepted the offer in order to help my husband settle down. He did not want to work in Pakistan and said that.. More
Assalaamu alaykum. Please, I need a fatwa. I live in the USA with my wife and our son. My question is the following: my wife is requesting a khul' divorce. I do not want to give her a divorce. What happened is that we (my wife & I) agreed that I take the boy to Egypt for six months to see his family and learn the Arabic language. Everything was.. More
Assalaamu Alaikum, I have been married for almost nine years now, and we have two children. I was engaged at the age of 16, I did not like my spouse then (because of an age difference of eight years, his looks, and because he was a doctor and I had not even finished my studies; I was not happy at all). I did not said yes to this relationship, but then.. More
Assalaamu alaykum. My husband and I have been married for 17 years, andhe has been using drugs for much of those 17 years. It has gotten much better, praise be to Allaah, but it has not stopped. He admits it only after he really messes up. A lot of things have gone wrong because of this, to the extend that he has been in an accident and forgotten where.. More