Nikaah & Marriage Issues

Boy's father and uncles seeing the girl before the nikaah

Q: I am about to get married. My father, his elder brother, his elder sister and her husband are going to the bride’s house to see the bride and discuss the marriage. However my about to be wife is unwilling to uncover her face infront of them. What can be done to solve this dilemma because they all want to see the girl with whom their son is about to get married to.

Is the husband responsible for the maintenance of a house owned by his wife?

Q: I have been married for a few years, initially I stayed in a flat which belonged to me but after sometime my father in-law bought us a house. The house is owned by my wife. In regard to maintenance of the home, as the husband of the house, to what extent must I be responsible for the maintenance and expenditure on the building?

Husband signing a dowry agreement

Q: Is it permissible in islam for the Moulana to create a dowry agreement and to tell the husband to sign such an agreement that in the event of him divorcing his wife then he has to hand over his assets to his wife or his rights to his assets will be forfeited and transferred to the wife. Also to place the husband on terms to sign such dowry agreement. I know in Islam we have mahr paid immediately.

Wife cooking for her in-laws

Q: My married son and his wife says that there is no duty of the daughter in law to make food for the father in law, mother in law and brother/sister in laws. Even it is not her duty to make food for her husband, rather it is the duty of the husband to provide food for his wife and they claim that this is the law of shariah. My question is, do they get married only to fulfill their sexual needs and bear children? What does shariah say in this regard?