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Marriage Contract
Is It Sunnah to Recite Al-Fatihah at Engagement?
Reciting Al-Fatihah at the time of the marriage contract or engagement has nothing to do with the Sunnah; rather it is an innovation (Bid`ah).SaveSomeone has proposed marriage to a girl, and she is asking whether she can meet him with a non-Muslim chaperone, because she is cut off from her family
SaveHer parents are divorced; can she get married without her father’s permission?
SaveShe committed an immoral action with a young man, then he left her; should she wait for him to marry her?
SaveHe denied the marriage contract then affirmed it; does that count as a talaaq (divorce)?
SaveA Christian woman married a Muslim man without a wali (guardian) and she is asking about the ruling on her marriage
SaveShe does not have any wali (guardian) for the purpose of marriage; can the director of the Islamic centre or her maternal uncle give her in marriage?
SaveShe married in secret and got pregnant, then her parents forced her to marry the boy they chose for her
SaveDivorce before Consummation of Marriage in Islam
If a divorce is issued to the wife before the consummation of the marriage and without having been completely alone together in such a manner that consummating the marriage would have been possible, then she does not have to observe `Iddah, and she is entitled to half of the Mahr that was agreed upon. If a divorce is issued to the wife before consummating the marriage but they have been completely alone together in such a manner that consummating the marriage was possible, then the majority of Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi`i and Hanbali scholars are of the view that she must observe `Iddah and she is entitled to the Mahr in full.SaveHer mother wants her to marry one suitor, but her father thinks that he is not suitable; what should she do?
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