Secret Nikah
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. In Islam, when a girl who is of age requests her parents to let her marry a man against whom they have no reasonable complaint, she may refer her case to…
Performing Nikah in a Masjid
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. The prevailing opinion among scholars, including those of the Hanafi, Shafi’i, and Hambali schools of jurisprudence, is that it is recommended to perform the nikah in a Masjid. Some Maliki scholars also…
Stepfather and Rights of Biological Father
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. When a man marries a woman who already has daughters of her own, and the marriage is duly consummated, the daughters become what the Qurʾān describes as [ ربائبكم التي في…
Shaping eyebrows & eyelash extensions
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. Opinions differ around the permissibility of removing part of the eyebrows with the husband’s permission. The view taken in the Shāfiʿī madhhab is that it would be permissible for a married…
Ruling on Vasectomy
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته The Shari’ah prohibits any medication or procedure that results in the permanent prevention of a male or female from having children. Both Imams Bukhari and Muslim narrated from the Prophet that he…
Is the area beneath the chin awrah for a female?
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته There is an agreement among the four schools that it is obligatory for every accountable (mukallaf) female to cover her entire body, with the exception of her hands, face, and feet. The…
Ownership of assets acquired during marriage
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته When a couple is married by Muslim rites only, at the termination of the marriage or on the death of either of them, both parties are entitled to keep as his or…
Marriage between persons in different countries
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Scholars differ on the validity of marriage contracted over means of communication in which the contracting parties are not physically present in the same place, such as the telephone, Skype etc. The view…
“Milkah” Marriages
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته In Islam, marriage is a contractual undertaking from which certain consequences flow. Some of these consequences are duties and others are rights. The wife has certain duties towards her husband, and he has…