Q: Is marriage not valid without a Wali (guardian)? My nikah (marriage) is done without any Wali? A. According to the Hanafi Madhab, Nikah of a Baalighah girl without a Wali is valid (Raddul Muhtaar V9 P342). In the Shaafi’ee Madhab, a Wali is a condition for the validity of the Nikah (Mughniyul Muhtaaj V3 …
Q: I am a lady who got married a second time. I had been divorced from my first marriage. At the time of my second marriage my marital status was divorced. I continued writing divorced in marital status when completing certain forms, despite getting married again. I am aware that divorce is given by husband. …
Q: My brother passed away before my father. Do my late brother’s children inherit from my father? A. As long as children are alive, grandchildren will not inherit. Since you survived your father and will inherit from his estate, none of the grandchildren will inherit; not your brother’s children, nor your own children. And Allah …
Q: I have a cousin who has been told by doctors he will soon die from cancer. He has said he wants to be buried in here in England. However his wife is in Pakistan and cannot travel to UK. Therefore should he be buried in UK or Pakistan? I’m of the view that his …
Q: A woman was pregnant for 4-5 weeks. In between that her husband passed away. 2 weeks later she had a miscarriage. When does her iddat finish? A. She will have to undergo the normal Iddat of a wife whose husband died, that is 4 months and 10 days. If the miscarriage took place within …
Q: What is the Islamic ruling when a men marries a divorced or widowed women with a daughter who is not his own? What is the Islamic ruling when the same man has two boys of his own when he marries the above women? A. The daughter of the woman he married is his stepdaughter. …
Q: Is it advisable for a son to do istikhara to get married to a certain girl about whom the son’s mother is not happy? A: If the mother has good reasons for not approving of this girl, such as she being a bad girl or one with bad habits, then there is no question …
Q: I been away from my wife for three years. My wife lives in Pakistan and I am living in Canada. I have already sponsored her and her documents are submitted. I am now waiting for results from the Canadian embassy. What I want to ask is that I have been away from my wife …
Q: Is a nikah (marriage) conducted by an Ahmadi (Qadiani) imam valid? If a Sunni man marries a daughter of a Qadiani who is not a Qadiani herself, and the wife’s father insisted that the nikah be conducted by a Qadiani imam, would that nikah be valid even if the husband and wife are not …
Q: A husband divorced his wife 2 times consecutively 12 years ago and and than made Rujoo of his wife after 12 years. In different situations the husband told his wife to “leave the home”, “get lost from my life”, “I don’t want to live with you” and used words like these. A year ago, …
