Marriage & Divorce

Nafaqah and money for other expenses

Fatwa: #284 Country : New Zealand Question: Salam. I want to know if a wife if staying with her parents for some months (with the permission of her husband), does she have the right to ask for some pocket money from her husband for her daily expenses even if her basic needs like shelter, food…

Secret Nikah

Fatwa: #283 Country : Anonymous Question: basically i met this girl and then we started talking and we did so much haram and then we decided to make it halal so we told our parents but my parents said no and didn’t accept her then i got secretly married to her and then we started…

Addiction to pornography

Fatwa: #282 Country : New Zealand Question: I know someone who is addicted to pornography and masturbation. He said he tries his best and leave it for 1-3 days and then falls into it again because his urges and desires get out of his control. He is at the age of marriage but unsure if…

Fantasizing about others while being intimate with one’s spouse

Fatwa: #281 Country : United Kingdom Question: Whenever i have sex with my wife, we fantasise others i.e my wife fantasies other man and I fantasise other women and sometimes i tell her sex stories which i read online, so is my nikah broken or this practice is haram kindly guide Jazakallah Answer بسم الله…

Conditions for a valid divorce

Fatwa: #280 Country : New Zealand Question: Salam, I wanted to know if there are certain conditions that need to be met when issuing talaq. Does things like menstruation, phone/text talaq, and lack of witnesses affect the validity of talaq? What exactly makes a talaq invalid? Jazakallah. Answer بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم السلام عليكم و…

Continuous & irregular menstrual flow

Fatwa: #277 Country : New Zealand Question: Salam, I am facing a problem since last November my periods not stopping like sometimes heavy and sometime moderate and more than 20 days a month . I have a question after 6 days I can offer pray and Quran and keep fast as whole life my periods…

Issuing Talaaq thrice

Fatwa: #276 Country : New Zealand Question: Salam. I separated from my husband on X and have been living at my parents’ home since then. We resumed communication in X and later began meeting in person again. I am seeking guidance regarding whether our nikah is still valid. On X, during an extremely heated text…

Advice after separation

Question (#272) Country : New Zealand Assalamu Alaikum. I am seeking guidance about my divorce and duʿāʾ. For almost three years, I sincerely made duʿāʾ that my husband would love me more and that we would stay together and go to Jannah. However, he sent me back to my family home and divorced me without…

Question relating to Khula

Question (#270) Country : New Zealand Assalam o alaikum, Husband and I have been living separately in same home for quite some time because we were trying to sort out finances, have 4 kids under the age of 15, have joint home with mortgage. Now, i feel ready to move on. This situation is unbearable!…

Method of divorce in Islam

Question (#267) Country : New Zealand Assalamalaikum, I have separated from my ex-wife for 2 years now. X conducted our Nikah ceremony in Auckland but he has informed me that he doesn’t do divorces. We did fill out some paperwork for the islamic marriage at the time and i am not sure where that is…