Various masaail of Nikaah

Attending a shia marriage

Q: A cousin of mine in a highly deendar environment has married a shia and our family decided not to attend the marriage of our cousin. However, a few of our deendar relative and elders called us and scolded us for doing Qata' Rahmi. Q.1 What is the fatwa on attending a marriage/nikah being arranged by Shia? Is it permissible or impermissible? Q.2 Is it Qata' Rahmi on our part to boycott the marriage?

Zina before nikaah

Q: When I met my wife and asked her hand in marriage, she agreed but we committed zina before she introduced me to her parents and before we were joined together. She was pregnant when we were joined together. What is the status of our marriage and the first child? When is marriage said to have taken place in Islam or when are the two lawful to have sex?

Nikaah

Q:

1. How many farz, wajibaat and sunnat are there in nikah?

2. Which month, day is better for marriage according to Islam?

3. Is there any dua to get a pious, kind, helpful, caring, loving and best mannered girl in nikah?

4. Please inform me about some books regarding nikaah in Islam.

Male giving a ring to his married cousin

Q: If a girl is married and in a joking form if a cousin brother gives her a ring and told her that this is an engagement ring, then that girl denies is and then he said he is just kidding and the girl is sure that she is married and she doesn't take her cusion brother more than a brother, so she took this as a gift and wore it on the right hand and when he left, she removed it. Is her nikaah with her husband effected?