Question Im christian and married but has been separated for 10 years without legal procedures.I was planning of turning to Islam? can i marry a Muslim man after I converted to Muslim even though my first marriage is not annulled? Answer Praise be to Allah. Firstly: We ask Allah to bless you and enable you […]

Question I am in need of your help, in sha Allah. I committed zina with a Muslim man before I embraced Islam, and became pregnant as a result. I uttered the Shahaadatayn (twin declaration of faith) and the next day, when I was six months pregnant, we got married. Then I saw on your website, […]

Question If a wealthy widow with children decides to remarry, can she put a clause in the marriage contract saying that after her death only her children will inherit from her and her new husband will give up any inheritance rights? Answer Praise be to Allah. The basic principle with regard to contracts and conditions […]

Question A young Muslim man got married three years ago to a girl who only embraced Islam a week before the wedding, and now they have a child and she is six months pregnant with their second child. But before they got married they were in a haraam relationship and they committed immoral actions several […]

Question A young man proposed to a girl, but when the marriage contract was done, the girl’s father had a disagreement with his daughter’s fiancé, and refused to do the marriage contract. But the girl, her mother and her brother wanted the marriage to go ahead, so they left their house and rented an apartment, […]

Question I wanted to take a second wife, and because it is difficult to convince my first wife and my community about this wish, and to avoid breaking up my marriage and causing trouble to my family from my first wife, I could find no solution more suitable then marrying a Christian woman who I […]

Question Will I be disobeying my father because of the following? 1.  My father (may Allah have mercy on him) wanted me to start looking to get married, but I refused because I wanted to complete my postgraduate studies.2.  The money that I saved was sufficient to get married (the marriage contract only). Please note that I have […]

Question According to Tunisian personal law, there is no stipulation that the guardian should give permission for the marriage, and when registering the civil marriage contract, the official begins this contract by asking the groom: Do you accept marriage to So and so, and he replies by saying yes. Then he asks the bride: Do […]

Question I sent u A message few weeks agoI need further explanation for it, can you please answer me. And I would like to add to the question something that Abu dawood said:I heard Abu abdullahi asked, “if a Zoroastrian woman accepts Islam, should she be kept away from her brother? He answered, if, there […]

Question In UK there are several students who are with out jobs so to avoid haram they need to get married. I have come across two hadiths which seem to be contradicting. The 1st hadith states “O young men, whoever among you can afford to get married, let him do so”. In the 2nd hadith […]

Question I had to married my daughter with a polytheist.she had three children.please guide me what have to do .my daughter is muwahidah she never in his husband path.is taking divorce is good or any sins been with him .i am the responsible for any sins in unknownly. Answer Praise be to Allah. You did […]

Question Is it permissible for the brother of someone who committed homosexual acts to marry the sister of the man with whom he committed those acts, or is that haraam? Answer Praise be to Allah. Firstly:  Homosexuality is a grave major sin, because of which Allah destroyed the people of Loot and demolished their cities […]

Question The sister of a young man told me over the Internet that her brother wanted to ask for my hand in marriage, and after consulting my parents, they let me choose, so I agreed and I told the young man that I agreed, but I stipulated some conditions before that. Then after that, that […]

Question I am Christian woman married to a Muslim men. We got married more than two years ago and have a child that was conceived after the marriage.We are living like husband and wife but now I am not sure our marriage is valid. In surah Al-Maidah it is written that the woman of the […]

Question I married a girl without her guardian after asking a scholar. I asked him If I can her marry her now and later If when her parents are agreed can we do an another nikah later he said yes so we did nikah without her wali. After Nikah I came to know that nikah […]

Question I entered Islam, and when I gave my consent to my wali (guardian) to represent me in my marriage contract, that was by telephone, and in front of two witnesses who were men, but they did not hear the conversation. Is this marriage valid? Because my husband and I have had intercourse, believing that […]

Question Is it permissible for my brother’s son to marry the daughter of my paternal uncle? The grandfather of my brother’s son and the father of the girl are full brothers, and I am married to her sister. Is the marriage of my brother’s son to my wife’s sister permissible according to Islamic teaching? Answer […]

Question There is a man who wanted to marry a woman who is living on her own in Egypt. He asked her about her guardian, and she replied that she had a brother living in Tunis, so he contacted him by phone and they both said the words of proposal and acceptance, and the brother […]

Question If it is said that a Girl can write in her marriage contract that her husband can not take second wife, can she also write tomorrow that the husband should not offer Sunnah / Nafil / Perform Umrah etc? Because these acts arent farz too?? If you say no, then how come???Please mention the […]

Question When I was 16 I used to talk to a guy on the phone. One day, he called me on my number and a person who he said was a molvi asked me thrice if I accept him in my marriage and I said yes three times on the phone.  At that time, I […]

Question my question is about my marriage as to whether it is valid or not. I married my husband two years ago I had no wali and no one was willing to be a part of mine and his marriage their reason for me not to marry him was that he is already married and […]

Question There is a Christian woman who is married and has three children. She is close to entering Islam – by Allah’s leave – but her husband is also Christian, and she is afraid that if her husband becomes Muslim, he will take a second wife. Can she stipulate in the marriage contract that her […]

Question There is a woman who became Muslim in one of the Latin American countries, then she came to Egypt to learn Arabic and Islam, and she made me her guardian in Egypt. Then we agreed to get married, so I married her to myself in the presence of witnesses of good character. They asked […]

Question I fell in love with a woman and we agreed to get married. She has a brother who is older than her, but she said that he would never agree, because I am married and have four children. So we went to a registrar and he said that he would be a guardian for […]

Question There is a man who wants to marry a Christian girl, but her father is an atheist and does not believe in the existence of God. Can her atheist father act as her guardian in doing the marriage contract? Answer Praise be to Allah. Firstly: It is permissible to marry a Christian woman, if […]

Question I am a young man and I got married to a girl who was of illegitimate birth. The wali (guardian) who did my marriage contract with her was the director of one of the Islamic centres in the city where I live, because in our country there is no one in a position to […]

Question I have researched on your website the topic of ‘urfi marriage, and I found that if the essential conditions of marriage are met – namely the presence of the woman’s wali (guardian), the proposal and acceptance, the presence of two witnesses of good character and the mahr – and before that there is the […]

Question I am a young man who is engaged and is going to get married. I’ve heard that at the time of the marriage contract, the wife can stipulate conditions in the contract. My question is: what are the limits of these conditions? What happens if the conditions are broken? Is it possible to give […]

Question I am the daughter of a Christian mother and father. I was born as a Christian, but – praise be to Allah – I declared my Islam a while ago. My mother is deceased, and she was Christian. My father treats me very harshly and has disowned me unofficially, because I declared my Islam. […]

Question When I proposed, he was evasive over the topic of me marrying his sister who is 24 years of age. he is the only Muslim male in the family. However, he has been deemed by the family to be someone who is hardheaded, and I experienced that he was highly opinionated than reliant on […]