Nikaah & Marriage Issues

Hurmat-e-Musaaharah

Q: What is the private parts of a female in hurmat-e-musaaharah. If someone sees his daughter's back lumbar region not covered with cloth who is sleeping and her genitals are covered and immediately turns his eyes away but has some feeling in his heart but no feeling of erection, does it constitute hurmat-e-musaaharah?

Nikaah via sms

Q: My question is my boyfriend proposed for me and I said yes to him by text. He showed it to two baaligh aaqil azaad men. Did our nikaah get valid or invalid?

Family members not permitting the girl to remarry

Q: I have been married twice before and have three children. I am living back with my parents (mom and brother) since earlier this year, but work and see to the kids for everything excluding rent to stay. I am having a hard time coping financially. I would like to remarry but my brother (my father has passed on some years ago) thinks it is too soon and will not meet the man that has put the proposal forward. My question is do I need consent from my brother and or mother?

Marrying an atheist

Q: I got a proposal from my aunty (she lives in America) for her step-son. But the problem is he does not follow Islam. He is an atheist. He does not believe in any religion. My parents and my aunt are telling me that if Allah wills, he will accept Islam in the future (after marriage). My question is can I marry him, is it halaal?

Witness not hearing the nikaah

Q: I performed nikaah few days back but after some days the witness told my husband that he didn't listen to the nikaah ceremony properly and didn't listen when I said "yes" for the nikaah. He said that during nikaah his mind was deviated from the ceremony and in short he didn't listen to our nikaah and my acceptance. He then advised my husband that he should perform nikaah with me again. So I just want to say that was that nikaah valid or not because the witness denied that he listened to the nikaah.

Masturbating

Q: I have a question. If I had masturbated in my sleep and then it actually was happening in reality due to the sleep. I am in control of it, because I didn't intentionally want to do it? I always fear masturbation and always trying to avoid such an act.