Scholars of Islam generally claim that it is not permissible for a woman to demand alimony from her ex-Husband except in instances of child support. However, I came across this Ayah in Quran 2:241 that states: > وَلِلْمُطَلَّقَاتِ مَتَاعٌۢ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ > > Reasonable provisions must be made for divorced women—a duty on those > mindful ˹of Allah˺. > > Surah Al-Baqarah (2:241) The vast majority of jurists interpret this as a Mahr given to women whose dower was not specified during the time of consumation of the marriage. However, according to IslamQA , it is the opinion of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya and Sheikh Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymin that this must be given to all divorced women, even if the marriage has been consumated and the Mahr has been given. > Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Maintenance must be given to every divorced women, even after consummation. What is the opinion of the four schools of thought and other classical Islamic scholars on this topic. Is this a one time payment or regular monthly payments akin to alimony in the West.

As you know the age to legally marry in the US is 18, and to my parents the age at which we decide my wife is 25 or later. So basically as a teenager I can't have a wife and dating is of course not allowed, so no romance with a girl at all. But, what if I had a female friend that is also a Muslim, and what if I like her, think she has a good personality, and is my type so I intend to marry her later. She knows this and also thinks I'm good partner material and wants to marry me too and openly stated so. The relationship between us would still be platonic but of course its hard to say "I wanna marry you when I can" without stepping over the line sometimes with some flirting or affection. It isn't as much affection or flirting as a couple but it is still present. Is this relationship haram?

It is understood by the consensus of scholars that a father may arrange the marriage for his minor son and the marriage is binding on him when he reaches puberty. My question is — who is responsible to pay the dower (mahr) to his wife. The father or the minor son? Ibn Abi Shaybah has posted several opinions in his book , The Book of the Compiler, both of which are contradicting each other. Some scholars say the father, some say the minor son. I would like to know the opinion of the four madhabs and other classical scholars, and what is the most authentic opinion in this regard.

When the husband cannot perform again because of health and again he is aged (67)and the woman her is much younger (36 years), what can the wife do to avoid zina

What is the ruling on the marriage between a Muslim man and a Christian / Jewish woman? I know that this kind of marriage is allowed but what is the complete ruling on this i.e. is a woman being Christian / Jewish enough and sufficient criteria to get married or is there anything else that needs to be taken care of? What if she does not want to change her religion after marriage?

I was born Muslim but as I grew up I started having doubts . I believe in shahada but I doubt the authenticity of the Quran . I am a good performer and go for salat when I visit my family but I do not believe in doing it otherwise .I do not fast in Ramadan I do not know if I will ever want to do Haj. I have recently met a Muslim woman who I love a lot and she is also in love with me . I shared my doubts regarding my faith and now she is concerned that our marriage may not be halal . I do not want to lie to her and want to know if our marriage will be a sin for her or a halal marriage.

If a christian guy is married to a christian lady but process of divorce in action can he embrace islam and marry a muslim lady while finalizing his divorce from the Christian lady

Is it permissible for a man to marry the mother of a girl he used to have a relationship with? The relationship was in the past and involved physical touching but no penetration. I understand from [4:23](http://quran.com/4/23) that marriage to the wife's mother is permanently prohibited from the time a man enters into a marriage contract with a woman, whether he and his wife have engaged in sexual intercourse or not. The act of marriage itself gives the mother-in-law the same status as the mother. However in this case, the man never married the girl. Is her mother haram for him to marry?

Salam. I read in Tafsir Al Qurtubi that a man can marry off his slave according to majority of scholars (and this applies to both genders to Malik and Abu Hanifa RH, don't know about Imam Ahmad.) (https://quran.ksu.edu.sa/tafseer/qortobi/sura24-aya32.html) He says that Malik says it is not permissible if it is harmful to the slave. My question is- does this apply in the other madhabs, that it should be a suitable match etc etc.. or can a man marry off his slave, even to an untrustworthy and corrupt person? My confusion stems a lot here too- I read from Ibn al Mundhir al Shafi’i that a minor female can be betrothed by her father to another male **if it is a suitable match** (same with a male) without her/his consent being sought directly, so shouldn’t it be the same for slaves to be a suitable match, as it is somewhat a kind of guardianship.. (feed them from what you eat, shelter, etc..)? Thanks. Sorry if I went on too long. It is my first time using a site like this. I usually just stick to my curriculum and teacher

Assalam o Alaikum, I have a case which I don’t know whom to ask my husband cursed Allah in anger as we are going through financial difficulties, I asked him to seek forgiveness as saying that is kufr, he said those words loud in front of me, do you think it would have any impact of our Nikkah as I haven’t heard him saying for any forgiveness from Allah. And if he does want to seek forgiveness from Allah what would be the status of our nikah. Please enlighten me. Thank you

I've been talking to this guy for a while. He's on his deen, respectful towards his family, a provider, kind to me emotionally and values my needs when it comes to mental related things (I go to psychotherapy cause of depression and heavy anxiety that causes other mental and fysical things). Either way, we want to get married but it's been difficult since he's from another country ethnically and so am I. The one I'm from is INSANEY against mixed marriages. Of course like always this goes mostly for the women. We aren't allowed to marry outside our culture, also in our culture people know each other world wide so gossip spreads around like wildfire. My mother is really toxic and manipulative. She's the biggest cause of my mental issues. She basically bullies me on the daily and uses things I've done against me everytime. She will use things she does for me against me as well, this could be financially or an act of service. Most of the times things you have to do as a mother. My dad is lazy, he does nothing but lay on the couch all day. My parents are (government officially?) divorced but are islamically still married. My older brothers were abusive towards me before and one is a junkie and the other one is slightly recovering. My other brother is extremely mean to me at times. All of my brothers have hit me before, one of them even multiple times. My dad cusses at my mom a lot and so does my mom. My mom will slut shame me infront of my brothers and when they do it she'll literally say "cause you are" when I confront her about their behaviour. I know they're never gonna agree to me getting married to the guy I want to get married to. But their reasonings would genuinely only be his ethnicity and that's it. They have no other reason considering in all aspects he's perfect and with him my deen only grew stronger and he pushed me far away from ending my life cause of my family situation. I can't go far with my life with them in it, it's the truth. He also lives in another country the guy but he came to visit some time. I'm not sure what to do, I want to make our relationship halal as soon as possible. His parents know about me and don't mind it at all. They only care about my deen. What do I do?

Is it mandatory to have kids after marriage? What is the ruling on this in Islam?
I am asking this question in terms of couples who are perfectly healthy and can have babies but still choose not to have one their whole life.

I always get waswas regarding marriage, when i do something or think that i done something all im thinking is whether my wife will leave me in jannah for it or not. im over analyzing situations or memories which are so distant in my brain it makes me feel distant im asking for hadiths, verses from quran etc regarding marriage in jannah and how to ease my ROCD(relationship obsessive compulsive disorder) im a religious muslim alhamdulillah and i love my significant but still my mind is hurting me sometimes help me; May Allah bless our brothers and sisters in Islam.

Is a marriage still valid if the couple doesn't engage in physical relationship(if it's a mutual decision)and also don't plan to engage in it in the future?

I love someone more than i love myself and she did the same. She would even cut her fingers before someone else will see her nails except me, we were more dedicated than someone could imagine.So we were trying to get married as soon as possible. My family and we two were ready to get married but her family hasnt yet agreed and mentally tortured her. However, she died recently. The heart i have given to her, i cant give it to anybody else not even in hereafter or in my dreams.The immense love we had, cannot be described even if i write thousand pages. if i really remember the things of this dunya. And people do not forget these things. If we two go to jannah, can i not marry her there? Im decided not to get married again, i will rather slay myself than marriage. And she is the result of my dua of whole ramadhan. I could feel every bit of it. No way on earth that she isnt the result of my dua of every fasting day. And a single dua is accepted while fasting in ramadhan, theres a clear belief in islam. And i heard loved ones, especially someone couldnt marry because of death will be reunited in jannah. Can someone give me any proper hope? Im doing good deeds so that she and i, both go to jannah together and i decided to isale sawab a part of my sawab of my whole life. Cause she is not in jannah instead she herself was a piece of jannah, my soul. I can never decieve her, not in this dunya,nor in the afterlife. She have her life as a proof. I must prove it too. I know we did wrong but we didnt do anything bad. I kept it pure.kindly give me proper hope. I beg someone

I'm in a haram relationship with a girl since 1 year and now we wanna make it halal but our parents won't accept because we are not enough aged for getting married. But we love each other so much and we can't live without each other and we got really close to each other. So now my question is can I marry her without her guardian's permission if I can then I'll continue our relationship by making it halal and after getting enough aged we would got married fully from the families willing too. I really hope you would answer my question.

Salam. Is it true that Ibn Saad in Tabakat wrote that Aisha was 9 years old at the time of the engagement, and 12 years old at the time of consummation? Similar things are written about Ibn Hillikan.

My wife has decided to separate because of reason that has happened is beyond repair. She asked me to get out of the house and I did, I reassured kids I am going to be back as they are still under 10. But my wife has decided to be separate. I am in another city at my relative. She been talking to kids about what happened and how dad is not gonna live with them. I have met them but she is not happy for me to meet like that. I want to know what rights I have on my kids, how can we make sure kids upbringing is co parenting. What goes Islam says about it? This is the second time she told me to get out of the house even I tried to separate the bed once but she won’t leave me alone. She has anger management issues. I wanna know in light of Quran how and what to continue when kids are involved.

I am a muslim male. When I was a child a person older than me had anal sex with me several times. When I was a teenager I had oral sex with one of my cousins. Does that make me a fornicator? According to Quran 24:3 A fornicator does not marry except a fornicator. How can I get married?

I have two marriage contracts with the same person. The first marriage took place in a foreign country with a **lower amount of mehr**, and the second contract was executed in our home country with a **higher amount of mehr**. However, before finalizing the first contract, both parties agreed on the higher amount of haq mehr which is mentioned in the **second contract.** The first marriage contract in the foreign country was happened because the marriage court did not permit a higher amount of mehr; there is a maximum limitation on haq mehr in that foreign country. Both our families also live in foreign countries. We did this to simplify the visa transfer process from the bride's father to the groom. Additionally, at that time, both families could not travel to our home country for other reasons. As a result, the first marriage ceremony occurred in the foreign country, and eight months later, the second marriage took place in our home country. **From an Islamic perspective, I would like to clarify which marriage contract holds validity, whether it is the first or the second.** I agree to pay the amount of haq mehr mentioned in the second marriage.