Marriage and Divorce

(Q. 555): Is it correct that a woman doesn’t finish her ‘iddah from Talāq until she performs ghusl after her third menstrual cycle? Answer: There is something mentioned. However, what [read on…]

Is a divorce valid if the husband pronounced it in a state of anger? If the husband pronounces a divorce upon his wife while he is rational and does so [read on…]

How to Avoid the Dangerous Paths that Lead to Talāq (Divorce) Abu Khadeejah ʿAbdul-Wāhid Ibn Sālih Alam. In the name of Allāh, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. I have [read on…]

Question to Al-Imām Ibn Bāz (rahimahullāh): Noble Shaikh, do you have any advice to fathers who refuse proposals of marriage (for their daughters) from righteous men? Answer: Yes. It is [read on…]

Advice on Polygynous Marriages… And to Women Seeking Marriage in General.  Assalāmu ʿalaikum. Older women (usually post-30s), divorcees (or widows) and those who realised too late that they should have [read on…]

A spinster is an unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage―and this discussion also applies to divorced women, widows and those who have realised (a [read on…]

A questioner asks about the allowance of shaking the hand of his father’s mother-in-law from his second wife. Answer: Your father’s mother-in-law (from his second wife) is not your mahram[1]. [read on…]

By Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul-Wāhid Alam All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation—and may He extol the Messenger in the highest company of Angels, and grant him [read on…]

A question to Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn: To who does the guardianship for marriage transfer after the death of the father? Answer: The one who has the most right [of guardianship] [read on…]

All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation; may the peace and blessing be upon our noble Prophet Muhammad, his family, his Companions and all those who [read on…]

Islam 5.4: Arranged Marriages, Love Marriages and Forced Marriages Objectives: To consider and explain the practice of arranged marriages, love marriages and forced marriages. In traditional Muslim societies, men and [read on…]

­­Islam 5.3 Divorce and remarriage Objectives: The procedures for divorce and remarriage, and to consider their significance. Divorce is a legal ending of a marriage. Remarriage: when people who have [read on…]

A Child That Reaches The Age Of Discernment (7 Years Old) Is Given A Choice Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that a woman said: “O Allah’s Messenger, my [read on…]

Introduction: Ibn Hajr in Bulūgh Al-Marām wrote a chapter entitled “The Chapter of Hadānah” (or Hidānah). The intent of this term is the protection of children from harm, to establish [read on…]

Objectives: Recall the main parts of the marriage ceremony and consider the importance of marriage in Islam. Marriage is a legal union between a man and woman without which they [read on…]

Al-Hāfidh Ibn Hajr (rahimahullāh) said: 1001: `Ā’ishah (رضي الله عنها) said: A man divorced his wife on three occasions, so another man married her. Then he divorced her before having sexual relations [read on…]

Al-Hāfidh Ibn Hajr (rahimahullāh) said: Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) said that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “A man guilty of fornication who has been flogged should not marry except a woman [read on…]

Al-Hāfidh Ibn Hajr (rahimahullāh) said: Ibn Mas’ood (radiyallāhu ‘anhu) said: “Allah’s Messenger invoked the curse upon the man who made a woman lawful for her first husband and the one for [read on…]

Al-Hāfidh Ibn Hajr (rahimahullāh) said:  وَعَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ – رضي الله عنه – قَالَ: رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ – صلى الله عليه وسلم – عَامَ أَوْطَاسٍ فِي الْمُتْعَةِ, ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ, [read on…]

Ibn Hajr said: وَعَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ – رضي الله عنه – قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ – صلى الله عليه وسلم: «إِنَّ أَحَقَّ الشُّرُوطِ أَنْ يُوَفَّى بِهِ, مَا اسْتَحْلَلْتُمْ بِهِ [read on…]

Al-Hāfidh Ibn Hajr (rahimahullāh) said: وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ -رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا- قَالَ: تَزَوَّجَ النَّبِيُّ – صلى الله عليه وسلم – مَيْمُونَةَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ. مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ.   صحيح. رواه البخاري (1837)، ومسلم [read on…]

Al-Hafidh Ibn Hajr (rahimahullah) said: وَعَنْ عُثْمَانَ – رضي الله عنه – قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ – صلى الله عليه وسلم: «لَا يَنْكِحُ الْمُحْرِمُ, وَلَا يُنْكَحُ – رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ. وَفِي [read on…]

Sa’d Ibn Abī Waqqās (radiyallāhu ‘anhu) stated that Allah’s Messenger (salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam) said: ثلاث من السعادة وثلاث من الشقاوة : فمن السعادة : المرأة تراها تعجبك ، وتغيب فتأمنها [read on…]

Plural Marriage in Islam (This is a section taken from an article of Shaikh Al-Fawzān elsewhere on this site) The saying of the Prophet (salallaahu `alaihi wassallam): “It is not permitted to [read on…]

“Kitāb at-Talāq” (The Book of Divorce) Under this chapter heading the noble great Scholar, Shaikh Sālih al-Fawzān stated: Separation of marriage is of types: there is separation by way of [read on…]

Al-Hāfidh Ibn Hajr (rahimahullāh) said: The Book of Division Between The Wives 1055: A’ishah (radiyallāhu ‘anhā) said: “Allah’s Messenger (salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam) would divide his visits to his wives equally [read on…]

Al-Hāfidh Ibn Hajr (rahimahullāh) said: 991: Narrated Abu Hurairah (radiyallaahu ‘anhu): Allaah’s Messenger (salallaahu ‘alaihi wassallam) said: “It is not permitted to be married to a woman and her paternal aunt [read on…]

Al-Hāfidh Ibn Hajr (rahimahullāh) said: 990: Narrated Jābir (radiyallāhu ‘anhu): Allah’s Messenger (salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam) said: “Any servant who marries without the permission of his master or his people is [read on…]