Taking birth control pills
Q: Is birth control pills permissible?
Nikaah & Marriage Issues
Wife refusing to sleep with husband when he is drunk
Q: I am a revert to Islam for the past five years now so my knowledge is limited. I would just like to know if it is haram or anything the like for a wife to not sleep with her husband in the same bed since he stays out of the house over weekends and doesn't come home. I don't know what he does and who he might be with when he does not come home. Am I transgressing by not sleeping with him?
He also drinks alcohol and does not make salah sometimes. He tells me that it is haram for me to refuse to sleep in the same bed with him. I am very confused and very heart broken.
Finding out who one's biological father is
Q: I am 60 years old and I just learned that my father was not my biological father. My mother is still alive and never told this to me. I learned about it this week from my sister. Should I ask my mother about. The man who I thought was my dad died many years ago. I love my mother and have a very good relationship with her. Please advise what steps I should take.
Marrying a man who committed zina
Q:
1. What does Islam say about doing zina before marriage? My husband committed zina with his cousin before marrying me and continued committing zina with her after we got married. My husband told me about it when his cousin was gettind married to someone else.
2. He said that it is his right since Islam allowed 2nd or 3rd marriage. So whatever he had done, it was his RIGHT in Islam.
Marrying a woman who committed zina
Q: I am planning on marrying a woman. But recently she told me she had sex and she has never been married. Islamically is it permissible for me to marry her?
Husband not satisfying his wife
Q: A women is blessed with a great husband in all aspects. But the only problem is that he doesn't satisfy her in bed. Most of the time when he approaches her, he uses her body to arouse and satisfy himself (without even involving her at all). As a result, the wife is left disappointed and frustrated and that makes her think of her husband as selfish.
The couple have a few months old baby and the wife wants a few months break before trying for the next baby. Is this a valid excuse for him not to satisfy his wife? Is it not obligatory for the husband to please the wife everytime he pleases himself? The wife has tried to tell him politely a few times and he admits this but this is happening over and over again. Please advise.
Taking one's mother's surname after parents get divorced
Q: I am A male. my mum and dad divorced when I was 2 years old. my mum changed my surname to her surname after her divorce. I saw my dad maybe 2 times in my life. I am married and have kids and they taken my surname which was my mum's and not my dad's. Is this wrong or haraam?
Marrying a woman with the condition of not taking a second wife
Q: If a lady marries a man on a condition that he will not take a second wife and he agrees, will the nikaah be valid?
Witnesses in nikaah
Q: Regarding nikah witnesses on Ask Imam website it states:
The wakeel represents the bride in the presence of the two witnesses who must be trustworthy and pious male Muslims. They should not be from among the girls ascendants e.g. father, etc. nor from her descendants, e.g. son, etc. https://islamqa.org/hanafi/askimam/28924
Could you please explain the above regarding witnesses in the nikaah. Will the nikaah be valid if the witnesses of the nikaah are among the girls ascendants e.g. father, etc. or from her descendants, e.g. son, etc?
Adulterer marrying a chaste woman
Q: I'm a 26 year old Muslim man. I committed zina multiple times with a Hindu female friend after which I felt guilty and asked Allah for forgiveness. I stayed away from zina after that.
Now my parents are searching for a good and practicising Muslim girl for my marriage but I am not sure whether it is halaal for me to marry a good and chaste Muslim woman, as I have read that a zaani marries a zaaniya or a mushrikah. Please tell me what to do.