Q: A husband who has two wife's, he is fair with both of them in everything except that he doesn't have sex with the first wife because of which the first wife is not happy. Is it permissible for the husband not to have sex with the first wife?
Q: If a man has 7 children with one wife and his second wife has 2 children from a former marriage. Is it incumbent upon him to buy for each wife a house equal in size and value even though his first wife and children require more space?
Q: Please clarify the day night issue between two wives. Does the husband have to share the day and night equally between his wives or only the nights? Is the wife entitled to claim the day as well as the night or is she only entitled to the night?
Q: Is it permissible for a man to say he'll spend 3 days and nights every week with each wife, but one day alone at his other flat alone? So he can do what he wants like go fishing or for a drive away from everyone. He is not an unfaithful man. He just wants personal space once a week.
Q: Can a man spend the night with his other wife if the wife who's turn it is, is not there even though she did not give him permission to spend the night with his other wife?
Q: If the second wife gives up her nights and accepts less financial support as she is by the means to. She has verbally stated this to her husband. She is happy to be in the protection of marriage and her husband is very good to her. Is the husband committing a wrong because he is not equal?
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Q: My husband (hanafi) has a second wife (shafi) that was not staying in the same town as we do, now she moved to the same town and demand that he lives with her for the full period that she was not living in this town. Is it permissible or what does the shariah state about that. Please assist as soon as possible. I am (hanafi) not sure about the rulings regarding this even though I am the first wife and did agree to him marrying a second wife and the fact that I am a revert.
Q: A man decided to go for haj with his wife but was not accredited to that year. They both got accreditation the following year, however, during the year he got married to a second wife. What are the correct rulings regarding his haj, should he now go without his first wife because he can not afford to take both wives and it will take some time for his second wife to be accredited, or should he take the first wife as planned and make up the time with his second wife on return, or is he now indebted to take the second wife for haj also even though he can not afford to. If the husband and wife go for 6 weeks on the haj journey, should he on return spend six weeks with his second wife.
Q: Is it permissible for a husband to get into a second marriage without informing his first wife? Even after the second marriage he lied to his first wife and didn't let her know two or three years after the second marriage. Now the wife came to know and is in shock since the first marriage was 17 years old and the first wife was also quite young and a mother of four kids. She now wants her husband to divorce the second wife but husband is not willing. The second nikkah was also not announced in both sides.