Nikah

Nikah over video call. Is it valid?

QUESTION Muftisaab, I’d like to know, during this time with travel not allowed, is it permissible to make nikaah over the phone like through a video call? And if it is permissible, what is the protocol? And how should it be done? The boy and the girl live in different …

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Can nikah be repeated for registration purposes?

QUESTION Salam. I would like to know if a couple decides to get their nikkah done but does not get it register. Can the nikkah be repeated again to get registered? ANSWER In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. If a nikah …

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A Woman’s right to Intimacy

QUESTION Assalamu alaykum, Is it the right of the wife to be sexually gratified, or only the husband’s? Many times my husband will finish before me and tells me it is his right, but not mine. As a man I figured he would want to fulfill his wife’s desires as …

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Intercourse with one’s wife after her menses prior to ghusl

QUESTION I had intercourse with my wife when her menses were just over but she has not taken ghusal bath . Is it Haraam as per shariah? ANSWER In the Name of Allaah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salaamu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullaahi wa-barakaatuh. In principle, if the menstrual habit (‘aadah) …

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Shi’ah mut’ah

    QUESTION Assalam u alaikum, My question is regarding muttaah (temporary marriage) concept in Shia. Question 1- Is it valid to go for muttaah in Islam? Question 2- Can Shia male and Sunni female go for muttah? Question 3- If any Sunni female and Shia male had muttah then …

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Is a bring and share Walima permissible?

Nasihah (Advice): Dispelling evil thoughts from the minds of people Sayyidatuna Safiyya Bint Huyai Radhiyallahu Anha says: “I came to visit Nabi Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam at night while he was in the state of I’tikaf (seclusion) (in the Masjid during the last ten days of Ramadan). After having talked to …

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