Q: Scenario: Nikah will take place after Asr/Maghrib. Thereafter ‘Khalwat Sahiha’ (husband and wife being alone) will take place. Thereafter a function will take place and will be called ‘the Waleemah’ however it will be like a wedding meaning the girl will wear a wedding dress etc. Will the above scenario be accepted as a …
Q: Is it permissible for a Hanafi lady to marry without her parent’s consent? If it is permissible, what is required for nikah (marriage) to be valid? A. Nikah of a matured Hanafi lady is valid without a Wali. (Raddul Muhtaar V9 P342). Although permissible, it is not advisable to do so. Both boy and …
Q: Does a Muslim wife require the permission of her husband to search for a job if they have been separated for a period of almost 3 months? The husband has not been supporting his wife during this separation. He can more than afford to maintain his wife yet did not do so even when …
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Q: Can a Hanafi Muslim woman marry without a wali/mahram? A. Nikah of a matured Hanafi lady is valid without a Wali. (Raddul Muhtaar V9 P342). Although permissible, it is not advisable to do so. Moulana Yusuf LaherChecked by: Mufti Siraj Desai
Q: Is there any difference between Shar’i Nikah (Islamic marriage) and a Kanoni Nikha (court marriage)? Some one told me that the nikah which take place in court is Kanoni nikah but not shar’i. Nikah between an adult male and female took place in court. Now the parents of the male want to perform nikah …
Q: 1. A man is already married and his parents don’t know. If they find out it will hurt them so to keep them happy he is getting married to another wife. Does he have to tell his second wife he is married and has a baby?2. How does he have to treat both wives? …
Q: Is it allowed to accept dahez (dower) from the parents of the bride (girl)? A. It is not permissible to ask/demand anything from the parents/family of the bride as Dahez. Dahez (jahez) must not be demanded from the girl’s party. If they give something of their own accord with happiness, it will be permissible …
Q: What are the permissible sex positions in Islam? A. There is no particular position that Shari’ah has stipulated as the “right” position. However, some Ulama have mentioned that one may have intercourse with the wife in the usual position (man on top of the woman) or while lying on the side, or in the …
Q: What is the best day to have a Nikah (marriage) on? A. The Hadeeth advises to proclaim the Nikah and to perform it in the Masjid. Proclamation will mean that people should be present to witness the Nikah ceremony. The commentator of Mishkaat; Mulla Ali Qaari (Rahmatullaahi Alayh) quoting the famous Hanafi scholar Allaamah …
Q: If a wife is not following her husband, she does what she like. Though the husband has advised her with love and with anger, yet she still continues disrespecting him. In this situation what can he do? Can he marry another girl or should he divorce his first wife, or should he leave everything …
