Question I have a question concerning marriage.I am a sister who was born a Muslim but was not raised one.It wasnt until about last year that I embraced Islam.Now,there is a brother who has expressed interest in marrying me but the issue of me not having a wali has arisen(I have had no kind of […]

Question I am a young Muslim man who is about to get married. In the country where I am going to do the marriage contract, they do something that they call “Reciting al-Faatihah.” When a man wants to get married in our country, they recite al-Faatihah, and they invite some of the male relatives to […]

Question I have been married for 3 years now and I keep having doubts about whether it is valid or not. I cannot distinguish whether the doubts are true or false waswas from the shaitan. My doubt mainly arises from the fact that since my dad was the wali and he appointment my maternal uncle […]

Question I married a Christian woman but she did not become a Muslim. Our marriage was done in the Islamic way. I divorced her three times, and after the divorce she got married to a Christian man, then he divorced her.Is it permissible for me to marry her again? Answer Praise be to Allah. If […]

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 know an orthodox Christian girl who got married to a Muslim man in court. They got married about two and a half year ago and then she got separated from him about five months ago. She now contacted her church and the priest told her that her marriage was not valid in the […]

Question Nine years ago, I did ‘umrah; I did tawaf but did not do sa‘i. I did ‘umrah two more times, and did not do sa‘i. Four years ago, I began to pray regularly, and I got married and was blessed with a child. What should I do with regard to the marriage contract? Answer […]

Question My sister got married via video phone in the presence of her father and brother, with them on one side, and the husband, two witnesses and the imam of the mosque – who is like a registrar – on the other side. They were able to hear and see one another, except for the […]

Question There is a woman who is 27 years old and has received a proposal of marriage from a man, but her family objected because of the difference in education between them only, but the woman agreed to the marriage. The man and woman tried to convince the family to agree, and the man strove […]

Question My husband died two years ago, and I have two small daughters. My mother and father are both dead. I receive a very generous allowance (from the government), but my daughters need a man in their lives to look after them. At the same time, I have put them in a private school, and […]

Question I have done the marriage contract with a girl, and we have agreed that the wedding party will be in one year’s time for financial reasons, but her father completely refuses to let me be alone with her, even for a few moments, to talk or just to sit. Is it permissible for him […]

Question If a girl suffers from intrusive thoughts and the like, and she has not told anyoneabout it, so no one knows what is in her mind except Allah, may He be exalted, and she is fighting these thoughts – if someone comes to propose marriage to her, should she tell him about that or […]

Question Must the father prevent his younger daughter from getting married until his older daughter has got married? Answer Praise be to Allah. It is not permissible for the father to prevent his younger daughter from getting married, if he has received a proposal for her, on the grounds that the older daughter must get […]

Question In our country, if the husband dies, the wife is entitled to receive benefits called a pension. But if she gets married to someone else, the state will stop paying her this pension. Some widows resort to not registering their new marriage, so that they can keep the pension from the first husband. This […]

Question I want to ask a question: is it permissible for a Muslim to do a sham same-sex marriage contract solely to obtain the right to reside in the United Kingdom, and not for any other purpose? What I mean is that I am not aiming to establish a personal relationship with my supposed same-sex […]