Acquiring a child through IVF (In Vitro Fertilization)
Q: Is it permissible for the husband and wife to acquire a child through IVF (In Vitro Fertilization)?
Nikaah & Marriage Issues
Husband's right over his wife's salary
Q: How much right does a man have over his wife's salary which she earns?
Married woman getting married to someone else without divorce from first husband
Q: Apart from divorce, if a married girl escapes and gets married without registration, what are the rules of Islam?
Validity of nikaah if spouses don't perform salaah
Q: If a man and woman love each other but don't engage in haraam, both are Muslim, believe in Allah Ta'ala, the prophets, Quraan as Allah's book etc. but don't pray BUT know it is obligatory, will their nikaah be valid? Will their nikaah be void?
As I have heard that such couples nikaah is not valid if they don't pray before marriage, don't pray up until marriage and after marriage.
Husband paying for first wife's medical aid and not the second wife's
Q: If a man has 2 wives and has medical aid only for one of the wives and his argument is that he had it prior to me marrying him. What is the duty of the husband in the instance?
Making an effort to ensure that one's baaligh son wakes up for Fajr
Q: I have a 16 year old son that cannot wake for Fajr every day. My wife says to me that’s it’s our responsibility to make sure he gets up. Is it really our duty to ensure that he wakes up for Fajr everyday?
In the past, when I would wake him up, he would say that he is getting up, but most of the time, he would not wake up. Sehri is also a problem, though eventually, he does wake up for sehri. My view is that since he is old enough, if he misses salaah, he will be sinful, not his parents.
Having no inclination towards the opposite gender
Q: I do not feel any attraction towards the opposite gender. I am now nearing the age of marriage. What can I do in this matter? If a male is attracted to a male or a female to a female, and hence does not want to get married, what advice can you give such a person?
Family not allowing boy to get married out of the family
Q: I am 32 years old. I am asking my family to let me get marryied to a girl (outside my family) but they are not agreeing. They do not give me a reference from Quran or from Hadith. What should I do? Should I bypass them all? Is there any problem in doing this?
Custom of a person removing the bride from the stage on her wedding
Q: I am planning to marry in 3 weeks insha Allah.
The families are making the nikah very difficult. Myself and wife to be want it to be simple and Islamic also adhering to covid protocols.
They are also requesting that we have human to remove her from the stage as is the tradition in Cape Town.
Could you please tell me if this has any basis in Islam as we are both very shy and do not want to even be on a stage of any sort.
Wedding walk ins
Q: What is the ruling of wedding walk ins in Islam? If I can put it like that. When the reception or walima is held alot of people have their families walk down the isle in the halls, like first the brides's families and then the boys families and the guests all sit around viewing this. Mixed genders. is this permissible? I don't think this conforms to sunnah. Correct me if I am wrong!