Nikaah & Marriage Issues

Obeying one's parents in matters of nikaah

Q: I have been engaged for almost 1 year and me and him want to get married so there will be no more haram. His family is okay with it but my parents don't let me marry him just because he is Arab and I am Turkish. They have no Islamic reason and they don't want to pray and know nothing about Islam so it is not normal for them to marry at this age. So I heard if the father doesn't have Islamic reason then it passes to my brother to be my witness and then passes to uncle and if they both don't agree then an imam can be my witness is it true? And I also heard a man's parents don't need to know about the marriage only women's parents. I know no one of my family would agree because they aren't aware with anything about Islam and they don't find it normal so I was wondering can the imam from the mosque be my witness since my family don't have any Islamic reason, and my parents don't know about the marriage?

Abortion

Q: I am having an issue and need advise according to Quran and sunnah. My wife is 21 weeks pregnant. We had a genetic screening test on followed up with a detailed ultrasound in BC women hospital. They find that our baby has severe health issues including hydrops, systic hygroma, fluid in the lungs. Dr said that the baby will not be completing the term and has no amniotic fluid in the womb. Baby heart is abnormal but beating. Baby has many health issues doctors want to terminate the pregnancy. We decided to wait and asking Allah to do the best for us. Today we had OB appointment and she showed a concern that my wife is on a high risk to get the sickness from the baby like fluid in her lungs as well as other health issues. I like to ask that what Islam says in this situation as i am super worried about my wife and don't want her to get the sickness from or dying baby. Are we allowed to terminate the pregnancy? I know that Islam does not allow killing the baby but in our situation is there anyway because baby is really sick and my wife health is on risk though she does not has obvious signs. Doctors says that why we want to wait for her to get sick ? and the take the action. Please advise.

Can a person marry the daughter of the woman whom he committed zina with?

Q: My question is it permissible to have nikah with girl with whose mother I did zina? Now the story is that I did zina with a woman but the reality is that the woman did zina with me because I was 14 and she had three daughters at that time. Now my family did my nikah with her older daughter, she loves me and I love her and we happy for one another. I already did tawbah for what I did and I ask for forgiveness from Allah Almighty. Now we are in relationship already in nikah but I have a question sometimes in my mind, so is it allowed in Islam that her daughter be my lawful wife or I have to leave her? The zina one time we did almost 12 years passed, after that I never tried to do that with her mother nor her mother tried with me. Kindly answer me with details and references.

Abortion

Q: My wife is two weeks pregnant and Alhumdulillah we already have 3 kids. We live in Canada and here the situation is very different. She is only one who takes care of the kids and home and she also does a job. We are very confused because our younger daughter is nine months old and the middle boy is 2 years old and the elder is 4 years old. Now my wife feels that she is not strong and we didn't even think to have another baby yet. Because we already have so much responsibilities and she said she cannot handle it right now. So is it possible that she abort it because the soul is not there now just a fluid is there. We are very scared because we cannot and don't want to make Allah angry with us.

Girl consulting her parents with regards to nikaah

Q: Girl's choice in marriage is final though violating other family and status equality as given in fiqh of marriage. Allah orders children not to cause grievous hurt to the heart of parents. Allah says, he does not delay punishment to such children in this very world. So how can such marriages be happy? Is not the marriage with the approval of both the girl and her parents more meritorious and rewarding? And are parents entitled to say to the girl that if she's bent upon her own choice, she should do it without parents taking any part in it as they aren't accepting her choice?