Why should one get married?
Q: Why should I get married? Can't I stay alone and pray and do sajda and sadaqa in Allah's path. Marriage would lead me to gunaah and all?
Nikaah & Marriage Issues
Witnesses for nikaah
Q: If the person performing nikaah becomes 1 witness and 1 other male person. Is nikkah valid or does it have to be 2 different people. Not the person performing nikaah?
Wife hitting the husband
Q: What is the ruling for the wife that hits her husband?
Marrying one's fathers brothers wife
Q: Nikkah with father's brothers wife (Chachi) is allowed in Islam?
Status of the marriage after one of the spouses accepts Islam
Q: If a married Hindu female converts to Islam then what will be the status of her marriage? Will it still be valid or would become invalid?
Upbringing of children
Q: Alhamdulliah Allah Ta'ala blessed me with two daughters. What is my duty and responsibility to them. What are the things a father needs to teach a child?
Witnesses for nikaah
Q: When someone does nikaah at home. What is the procedure with witnesses? How many does the male need and how many the female? I have heard even without witnesses it is counted and it is only sunnat to have witnesses and to do khutbah. If someone has done nikkah without witnesses and khutbah is it counted?
Is it permissible to look at the girl for the purpose of nikaah?
Q: When meeting one's potential spouse before the decision of getting married to the person, what in appearance will the person be allowed to see and what will be haraam to see?
Reciting Surah Maryam during pregnancy
Q: I am one month away from giving birth. Does Surah Maryam help to ease labour? What else can I read for a healthy baby, easy labour and at time of labour? Also have been told to eat a lot of dates. Please advise if there is any truth to Surah Maryam recitation and eating dates.
Understanding the needs of the wife
Q:
- Is it permissible for a women to masturbate if she doesn't get full satisfaction after intercourse with her husband? If not she has to wait a minimum of three days. How does she control herself?
- If the wife needs to have intercourse maybe every third night and the husband says that's too frequent, also at rare times the wife needs the husband sooner. How should she fulfil her need? Because this leads to masturbation.
- If a women has a dream where she is sexually aroused and satisfied. Upon awakening there is no wetness. Is ghusl fardh?