Nikaah & Marriage Issues

Q: Are the Jews and Christian of today still considered to be Ahle Kitaab. Especially the Christians, can one get married to them even though they do not accept Islam on the basis that they are Ahle Kitaab? 

Q: I married a sister about 18 months ago. She had a contract in which I signed that stated I cannot have another wife for five years. Due to unavoidable circumstances I married another wife. Is my first nikkah still valid?

Q: Can I marry someone my mother don't approve of because the man was previously married? Is it wrong to still marry him?

Q: Please tell me is same sex relationship wrong in Islam and why?

Q: A Muslim family adopted a female child after birth. Her mother was a Christian. They brought her up as Muslim. Now she is 30 years old and wants to marry a Sikh boy. Adopted parents are in a dilemma trying to persuade her but she is adamant to Mary Sikh boy. They told her they have nothing to do with her. Adopted parents want to know can they go with her to the Registrar's Office and stand as witness and later bring her home with the Sikh boy and members of her immediate family and offer them food then she goes away not to return in future. Is this acceptable or is it haram? Please advise. 

Q: My wife said that she will let me have a second wife if I increase her allowance from 5 to 10 000 a month. If I enter this agreement with her before I marry, do I still have to give my second wife the same amount in being equal or can I give her a normal allowance of 5 000?

Q: If the dowry was £100 cash but you gave a gift worth £500. Does that cover the dowry, or is that separate?

Q: Is it right to ask my husband for a separate home?

Q: In Islam, it is recommended to have many kids and offspring, but, the increase in population is also a sign of the coming of the day of judgement, so does this not contradict? A good command which represents the coming of bad days?

Q: Is it permissible for a husband to prevent a disobeying wife to leave the home to see her parents but not to forbid her to maintaining ties with them with phone calls, that's if she lives in a different country than them?