Conditions for the validity of Nikaah

Muslim woman marrying a non-Muslim man

Q: I am a Muslim woman married to a Christian man. We have four kids together, and for the last six years, I have been living like a Christian. However, my heart was not wholeheartedly there. My heart was always towards being a Muslim and my children too were not happy. I returned to being Muslim now but I don't know what to do. Can you please help me?

Court marriage

Q: My friend married a guy through court marriage. Why? To protect themselves from committing sins. But when they told their parents after about a month, the girls parents lashed out and said that the Nikaah is invalid. So they accepted. Now the father of the girl has placed conditions for the boy that if he accomplishes them, they will gladly have them wedded. But the parents are only doing this to kill time. What must they do? Since the boy is getting angry and wants to bring in the police. Though we all know that is not right.

Getting married in the presence of two witnesses

Q: I write to seek truth and guidance. Eight years ago at the age of 18, I met a 25 year old Muslim man and we entered into a serious relationship. Three months later I converted to Islam. We continued the relationship still, including zina. When we thought about marriage, both first marriages, we met with a sheikh to discuss an Islamic marriage, where he advised us to stay away from each other and to seek forgiveness and repentance before entering marriage. Unfortunately we did not comply, continuing sins even days before we preformed an Islamic marriage contract. Neither he nor I repented, separated, or observed a waiting period to see if pregnancy was apparent before the contract was made. Also, as a convert, I did not have a Wali when we did the marriage contract, and the actual contract states "herself", as I was my own Wali. Now we have been together since and just gave birth to our second son. I am asking to know if our marriage is valid or invalid (batil), and also the status of our two children if they are legitimate or not and can inherit from their father according to Islam. Also where do I stand from his family, including his brothers and his father, if they are or ever were relatives of mine if the marriage never existed or is invalid and are they related to our two children in any way if invalid. Please advise.

Revert getting married in the presence of two witnesses

Q: I am from India and want to ask a question regarding nikaah. There is a girl who accepted Islam and is following it secretly for almost five years without her parents knowledge. (She was Hindu and from a Hindu family). Now she want to get married with a Muslim boy but without anyone's notice and fly abroad with that guy. As we know in her situation she is a wali for herself as her complete family is Hindu. She is even worried to marry in front of any Imaam. She wants to marry first and then fly abroad. Her concern is that, can she marry that boy without a qazi.

Marrying jinnaat

Q: I have a very rare and important question regarding someone's life. Can you tell me is it legal in Islam to have someone marry one of female jinn by force without their knowing and by deceiving them? Is it allowed in Islam to marry Jinns? Please in need of an urgent fatwa.

Mutually agreeing to get married

Q: My parents and the girls parents have totally agreed that they will do our nikaah but due to some reasons it got delayed. The girl and I have also agreed for this relation. Does this fulfil the requirements of nikaah and does it mean that we are married at the moment because both parties have agreed with family members being the witness and I will give mahr after the nikaah on papers.