Nikah Marriage
A Supplication for Meeting One’s New Wife
Question:
Asalamu alikum waramathuallah inshallah at the end of this month I am getting married is there any dua or namaz (prayer) before first night (I mean meeting her)?
Country: India
Answer:
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
When one encounters his new wife on the wedding night, it is recommended that he say “BismiLlah,” taking the front part of her head in his hand he says,
“Allah bless each one of us in his partner. O Allah! Verily I ask you of her good and the good which you created her with. And I seek refuge with You from her evil and the evil which you created her with.”
The Talaq of One Intoxicated
Question:
If the husband gives talaq in the state of alcohol addiction is that talaq valid?
Country: India
Answer:
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
We understand that what is intended in the question to be that a husband issues a talaq while he is intoxicated from drinking alcohol. If he issues a talaq in this state, the talaq has happened. (Nihayat al-Muhtaj v. 6, p. 424)
And Allah knows best.
Shafiifiqh.com Fatwa Dept.
Read MoreAccording to the Shafis, Does a Woman Need to Serve Her Husband?
Question:
Salam. My question is, is it the duty and responsibility of the wife to do the household work? What does Islam says about that? Thanks.
Country: United Arab Emirates
Answer:
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
The Madhhab’s opinion is that a woman is not obligated to serve her husband by doing chores and housework. This view would consider that which women customarily do as a good and virtuous supererogatory act for their husbands and their homes for which they are rewarded by their Lord – glorified and exalted be He – for. Shaykh Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi related this view in his Muhadhdhab v. 4, p. 236.
Marrying a non-Muslim Woman
Question:
Assalam Wa alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu, My question is, is it allowed to marry a non-Muslim girl? Even if she looking forward to convert into a Muslim later on in future.
Country: Saudi Arabia
Answer:
Wa alaykum salam wa rahamtuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
Imam Nawawi mentioned the non-Muslim woman as one of three types:
Parents ordering a child to divorce
Question:
As Salaamu Alaykum. I am facing a situation where my dad is telling me to divorce my wife because she is my cousin. Now some of my relatives are saying I must obey him based on the hadith where Ibn Umar radiyallahu anhu was married to a woman and his father Umar ibn Khattab told him to divorce her. When they came to the Prophet, he said obey your father and divorce her. Do I have to divorce my wife if my father orders me?
County: United States
Answer:
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
The hadith which you have cited is related by Imams Abu Dawud v. 4, p. 449, Tirmidhi v. 4, p. 65, Ahmad b. 10, p. 17, Ibn Hibban v. 2, p. 170 and others on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar who was married to a woman he loved, while his father disliked her. His father, ‘Umar commanded his son to divorce that woman. Ibn ‘Umar refused. Then, ‘Umar mentioned this to the Prophet (SallAllahu alayhie wa sallam) who said, “O Abd Allah! Divorce her.”
Question on Three-Fold Divorce
Question:
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
My husband said that he divorced me 3 times while angry in one sitting and I was menstruating. Is our marriage valid. He intended to give me a 3-fold divorce. He said he divorced me 3 times.
Answer:
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
A three-fold divorce in one pronouncement counts as a three-fold divorce. (Sharh Sahih Muslim v. 10, p. 1796-99; Tuhfat al-Muhtaj v. 8, p. 83)
Even though it is unlawful to divorce a menstruating woman, it counts. (Sharh Sahih Muslim v. 10, p. 1792)
A divorce is valid when given while angry. (Tuhfat al-Muhtaj v. 8, p. 32) If the husband was angry until he was no longer duty-bound, then the pronouncements were not effectuated. If he claims such, then it is upon him to bring forth proof that establishes that he was in such a state; along the line of an insanity plea. If he fails to bring proof, then the are divorce is effectuated. Sh. Ahdal, in ‘Umdat al-Mufti wa al-Mustafti, cited Hubayshi who voiced this ruling.
After a three-fold divorce, cohabitation as husband and wife, and enjoying any spousal rights, is no longer lawful between them. They must separate, and may only remarry after she marries another man, that marriage is consummated, then that marriage is terminated, and her waiting period expires.
Allah knows best.
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