Invalid condition in nikaah
Q: Is it permissible for a woman to stipulate before marriage that the husband cannot take another wife for a certain amount of years? If the husband does take another wife, does it nullify the nikkah?
Nikaah & Marriage Issues
Intention of marriage is only dowry
Q: If a wife's intention is to marry a man simply for dowry and then divorcing the man, in Allah's eyes is this a punishable act and does the entire dowry need to be paid. Also if she had been having an affair, does dowry need to be paid? How is a man compensated?
Buying nappies from the childs money
Q: I have received money from family for my children who are still minors. Can I use this money that was given specifically in their names to buy nappies, clothes and other items for their use?
Being intimate with one's spouse on the nights of the two eids
Q: Why may one not be intimate with ones spouse on the nights of the two eids? Why is it not allowed?
Touching one's wife between the navel and the knee while she is menstruating
Q: Is it haraam for a husband to touch his wife between the navel and the knee while she is menstruating? My husband says its not haraam to touch, he just can't use the navel to the knee for his pleasure? Is that correct?
Being intimate with one's wife in the state of haidh
Q: The following are few questions regarding a woman in the state of haidh or janaabat:
- Can her husband fulfil his desires using her thighs? If not, can it be fulfilled by putting a thin garment in between?
- Can the husband touch the area between the navel and knee with his bear hands? Also, can their thighs meet without any barrier between together with having the private parts covered?
Compensation for committing adultery
Q: If someone got involved in intercourse before marriage and then got married later to that woman, off course this is not permissable in Islam (May Allah forgive them). Is there is any Kafara now?
Performing the nikah in accordance to the Sunnah
Q: My cousin and her fiance in the presence of two females and one male (the first shaahid female is my cousin brothers wife and the second female is her cousin and the boy is also her cousin) did Ijaab and qabul without khutba. Is this nikah valid?
Touching the wife between the navel and knees
Q: Is it haraam for a husband to touch his wife between the navel and the knee while she is menstruating? My husband says its not haraam to touch, is that correct?
Nikah in presence of witnesses
Q: My cousin and her fiance' did ijaab and qabul (proposal and acceptance) without a khutba in the presence of two females and one male (the first female is my cousin i.e my brothers wife and the second female is her cousin and the boy is also her cousin). Is this nikah valid?