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  • Questionable Third Divorce

    My husband divorced me in front of the judge in a different country during my period. When he came back to my country I told him about that and we started thinking about the possibility of getting back together if the Islamic rules allow that knowing that this is the 3rd divorce. If there are two different opinions about this please let me know. Can.. More

  • Wife Wants Divorce as Husband Returned To US and Issue of Fostering the Child

    My wife wants a Khul'a divorce not due to any harm I have done to her but she says we are not compatible. She is 5 months pregnant. I was living in the UAE and had to return home to the US to find work to take care of the two of us until she has the baby. I asked her to come to New York until the baby is born but she refused. She said she does not want.. More

  • Wife left husband who did not provide for her

    My husband gave all his money to his father and he did not give me any. I left him but there is no divorce. Is it allowed for a do just anything?.. More

  • Marrying to Get Green Card

    Is it Haram to get married to just get a green card? .. More

  • Unable to Cover Her Neck Due to Illness

    I'm looking for a Fatwa for my sister who is sick and cannot wear Hijab for two months or more, she is suffering an illness and is very sensitive to heat and cannot support the Khimar around her neck, even with a very thin Khimar. I'd like to ask you if she can cover only her hair and leave her neck? .. More

  • Wife Wants to Help Son and Husband to Be Good Muslims

    I have a baby boy 6 months old. My biggest wish is that he will be a good Muslim. Can I start now to do something that will help him in the future to be a good Muslim? For example, read Qur'an for him? And I am also afraid for my husband, because he is not following the rules of Islam. I want to help both of them. Is this possible? .. More

  • Living with in-laws, but wants to have own house

    I am a wife living with my parent in-law in a big house since I married in 1999. I never feel that house is my own, and I want to live in my own house. Do I have this right? .. More

  • Marrying in Islamic center in USA

    Can I get married in an Islamic (Shiite) center? In this the only center in U.S.A available in my town... More

  • Deceived by Husband on Marriage Proposal

    I am a very well educated revert who has made Hijrah and had many suitors. It was a requirement that the one I chose was single (divorced or widowed was no problem) but it was important that I am the only wife. My husband came to ask for me and stated that he was divorced. He was suitable and we agreed to marry. I quit my job and prepared for the marriage... More

  • Marriage over long distance

    How can I marry a girl over seas when I am in the USA and she is in Africa? Can her father make Nikah over the phone?.. More

  • Wife Does Not Wear Hijaab Before Husband’s Brothers

    I have a wife and child and we three live with my parents, 2 brothers, and 1 sister. We only have one bedroom for ourselves and we have to share the rest of the house with the family. Now, my wife does not wear the Hijab and does not dress according to Shari'a requirements while in the home but she does so when she leaves. My question is, is it permissible.. More

  • Telling Future Wife about His Illness

    I have an illness and I want to marry. I just want to know if I am obliged to tell this to my future wife. .. More

  • Married a Christian Man and Had a Child Before He Became Muslim

    11 Years ago, I married a Christian man in American court, and 1 year later I went back to my country of origin to celebrate a wedding. But before that, I told him that he had to convert to Islam, Especially after my dead father visited me in my dream and he was beating me to death. Anyway, my husband was not really devoted, meaning that sometimes he.. More

  • Removing Hijab for brother in-law

    I am wearing Hijab, and for family reasons my husband and I live at my brother in-law's house. Is Halal, Haram, or Makroh to take off my Hijab just in front of him, based on the idea that he is temporarily Mahram on me, as long as my husband is still alive, and we are still married?.. More

  • Marital Problems and Visitation Rights

    I am a Muslim from Mauritius which is a non-Islamic State. I contracted Nikah and from that was born a baby girl. Following a minor incident with my mother, my wife rang her father it was agreed that my wife and my baby would stay for three days at her parents' place. After the said period my father-in-law informed me that my wife and my baby will not.. More