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  • His wife and son have regular incestuous relations together

    Respected Sheikh, I am a man in my late sixties and recently discovered that my 33 year old wife has regular incestuous relations with my 17 years old son. When I confronted them they denied it, but one day I came home unexpectedly and found them in the act. They repented and promised not to do it again. I am devastated and don’t know what to do... More

  • Giving out sweets to work colleagues to celebrate marriage

    Assalam alaikom, First of all, may Allah reward you all for your generous efforts in bringing authentic knowledge to the average Muslim. I was wondering if it was ok to distribute some sweets amongst colleagues in my office as a happy occasion for fixing of my wedding. Can this be done before Nikah or only after ? Now my wedding will be in India and.. More

  • A new Muslim has a Christian husband in a country where there is no divorce law

    Assalamu alaikum: I have a friend-brother who is a muslim revert for three (3) years. When he went home to the philippines for a vacation, he and his girlfriend (also a muslim-revert, she embraced islam in kuwait) decided to marry. However, the lady is married and she has children from her christian husband. Sad enough, when they visited an islamic.. More

  • He is forced to attend functions that involve mixing and music

    I work in a military organization in which I am bound to attend some social functions and in case I refuse to do so I am likely to be punished by being sent on adverse posting to non-family stations leaving my wife and kids for 2 to 3 years, or other disciplinary actions which may lead to court marshal. The nature of the functions include welcome and.. More

  • Step-brother is not a Mahram to his step-sister

    Salam alaikum I have a grown up girl of 12, and i am considering marriage to a man who has joint custody of his 13 yr old son. This means his son will stay 4 days with him. What is the ruling behind the situation esp if the son will be living int eh same house as my daughter who would be a step sisters. jazakalla khair i look forward to recieving your.. More

  • Divorce after 'Iddah is of no significance

    Salaamualaikum; Am a Hanafi sunni Muslim, I had given TALAQ telephonic to my wife on 5th February 2013 (She was nor on menstrual periods neither pregnant) , later in due time of three menstrual period of her, I did not said or done any RUJU (we were staying in two different cities in due time), after completion of 3 months from the date of TALAQ pronounced,.. More

  • A husband saying to his wife 'You can divorce me'

    1)If a man says to his wife: "If you do not want to be with me, then you can divorce me, I do not intend to divorce you" And then the woman says, "you can be sure that I take from you a divorce" But they both thought that it was all the same to what she says it does not matter because the woman can not take a divorce. Neither of them did not know that.. More

  • Divorced father's right to see his children even if he does not spend on them

    Salaamu aleikoum, I have a daughter from previous marriage who is now 14. She's been living with me in my care for all her life. I was Islamically married to my ex, but he never married me in the civil manner. It wasn't a good marriage, but I don't go into details publicly. He didn't sign her birth certificate aknowledging he is the father. We got divorced.. More

  • A woman's father's son from Zina is not a Mahram to her

    A Salam 'Aleykoum. Before getting married with my mother my father had a son with a non Muslim woman. I decide to keep in touch with him again, because I learnt that in Islam family links are very important. But after talking to him on the internet I made some research and found out that he was not my brother from an Islamic point of view. But is he.. More

  • She wants divorce from her abusive psychopathic husband

    Selam aleküm, my story is a bit complicated. I'm just escaped from my violent, psychopathic man from Turkey. I am a German woman who has lived in Alanya for almost 9 years and since October 2005, I am married with this Muslim man. At first everything was quite normal, but he had hit me in the time already 2 times and so much so that there the police.. More

  • This statement does not necessarily mean that divorce had taken place

    Asallam U alaikum, Could you tell me if husband said statement in anger 'get out of here' without intention of divorce, however because couple were unsure of ruling wife said say 'take me back' and husband said 'i take u back ' on the wife's request however he didn't have any intention of divorce to begin with, is this still not counted as one divorce.. More

  • They do not know if the witness to their marriage prays or not

    I hope you can answer this question regarding Nikkah. If a couple had the marriage contract performed in a masjid with the wali present and one witness was the Imam of the mosque and the second witness was provided by the mosque and there were no other witnesses present and the Imam introduced the second witness as our respected trustee of the mosque... More

  • False claim about early marriage of one's daughter

    Assalaamu alykum wa rahmataullahi wa barakatuh. a person has told me that they believe islamicaly a father should marry his daughter to a practicing muslim brother before her third menses. if she is not married after that then it is a sin on the father. i wanted to know whether this is correct or an innovation. if this is correct what is the daleel?.. More

  • Mut'ah marriage was prohibited for ever in the Conquest of Makkah

    Assalamu Alaikum, In Fatwa 179051, you wrote that Mut'ah was permitted because of necessity initially and later it was prohibited. Why was it made lawful again during Meccan conquest?. Prophet (pbuh) and companions stayed in Mecca for only 19 days, why was it permitted again for brief period? .. More

  • Her husband turned atheist and suffers bipolar disorder

    salam, I have a question and I need help. My husband reverted to islam about 2 years but he changed now, he became atheist, I think he is confused, and told me he can't promise me if he can change back. My question is can I live with him and try to talk to him to convince him he is wrong. He mentioned that he is suffering from a bipolar disorder. Will.. More