Divorce (Talaaq)

Second marriage without Talaaq

Question and Answer: Q. I married the second time without getting a divorce from the first husband. We fell apart and decided not to see each other anymore, but he didn’t give me a talaq. In half a year I married another man. After that I became unsure whether the …

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Issuing Talaaq in the mind

Q. My Husband and I were having an argument so left the room because the situation was getting a bit intense. Later on, we apologized to each other. My husband then informed me that after I had left the room, he had told himself in his mind that he has …

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Does Iddah fall away if a woman is not pregnant

Nasihah (Advice): The Iddah of a widow is also her mourning period.   Sayyidah Um ‘Atiyya Radiyallahu anha narrates, “We were forbidden to mourn for more than three days for a dead person, except for a husband, for whom a wife should mourn for four months and ten days.” (Bukhari) …

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Ruling regarding maintenance if the wife requests divorce

Nasihah (Advice): Only request Talaaq for a valid reason   Sayyiduna Thawbaan Radiyallahu anhu reported that Rasulullah sallahu alaihi wa sallam said, “Any woman who asks her husband for a divorce without a valid reason, the fragrance of Paradise becomes forbidden for her.” (Sunan Abi Dawud) __________________________________   Question and Answer:   …

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Performing Nikah during the Iddah period

Nasihah (Advice): Only request a Talaaq for a valid reason   Sayyiduna Thawbaan Radiyallahu anhu reported that Rasulullah sallahu alaihi wa sallam said, “Any woman who asks her husband for a divorce without a valid reason, the fragrance of Paradise becomes forbidden for her.” (Sunan Abi Dawud) ______________________________   Question and Answer: …

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Some Divorce/Talaaq Questions

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم (1) If a woman is divorced with 1 revocable divorce and then she is taken back by the husband, does the divorce become cancelled or does it still count as she has been divorced once? It still counts as one divorce. (2) If a woman is divorced …

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Does the intention of marriage justify zina?

DOES THE INTENTION OF NIKAH JUSTIFY ZINA? I am a young teenage girl just out of High school. I was going steady with a Muslim boy for 2 years. I relaxed myself with him as he pledged to marry me. However, now that I am pregnant he says that he …

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