Nikah

Duas to Increase Love between Spouses

  Question Duas to Increase Love between Spouses? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. Adopt the following prescriptions: 1)     Recite the following verse of the Qur’ān 99 times and then blow on a sweet food item. Eat it herself and …

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Is marital intimacy not to be enjoyed?

Question: Should i be appreciating and thankful to my husband every time he helps me knowing full well that it is his duty? It is my belief that intercourse is only there for reproduction, And its not there to be enjoyed.Nor should it happen too often bcos its a mans …

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Father and son marrying sisters

Nasihah (Advice): Guardianship Sayyiduna Abu Salamah Radhiyallahu Anhu reports that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam said: “I enjoin each one to honour his mother, I enjoin each one to honour his mother, I enjoin each one to honour his mother (three times), I enjoin each one to honour his guardian …

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Fiqh: Where do our calculations for Mahr come from?

Cii Radio | 21 Jumadal Ula 1437/02 March 2016 As the need arises, Muslims considering doing the nuptials scan the wires for the latest ‘Islamic economic indicators’ that provide them with updated figures on what should typically be paid as Mahr to start off one’s marriage the Sunnah way. The …

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Does a spouse inherit if the marriage is not consummated?

Nasihah (Advice): Remarrying after a husband’s death   Subai’a Al-Aslamiya Radhiyallahu Anha gave birth to a child a few days after the death of her husband. She came to Rasoolullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam and asked permission to remarry. Rasoolullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam gave her permission, and she remarried. (Bukhari) ________________________________________________   …

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Why same religion in a marriage is important?

Question: Why same religion in a marriage is important? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. You enquire why same religion is important in marriage. In the case of a woman, it is not only important, it is compulsory. A Muslim …

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Second Wife

My husband married a second wife. How can he share his time equally? Question My husband said he divorced me one time. About two months later he came to visit my city and we had relations. That nullifies the utterance of divorce. During those 2 months, he married a second …

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Can I be someones ‘second’ secret wife?

http://idealwoman.org/ Question: I have recently reverted to Islam. There is a man who is interested in me and wants to make me his second wife. i agreed to it but now he says he knows his first wife won’t accept it so it will have to be done in secret. …

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Marriage to a Hindu man

Nasihah (Advice): A non-Believers reward for doing good Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam said: “When a non-believer does good, he is made to taste its reward in this world. And as far as the believer is concerned, Allah stores (the reward) of his virtues for the Hereafter and provides him …

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