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Questions About “How I Should Be A Good Wife”
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
A question about the posting “How I Should Be a Good Wife” (from Imam al-Tahanawi): Where did this come from? it sounds very desi...very cultural...and I am sure it is my ignorance and quite arrogant on my part...but cer…
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Husband doesn't let wife go to classes
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf, CA
I hope you can answer my question in detail.
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Marriage: Husband and Wife Rights
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I would like to know what the basic (bare minimum) responsibilities are for a husband and wife according to sharia law. I have read several articles on this highly sensitive subject, yet have not been able to come to a f…
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Is it valid to marry an Ismaili?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I have a question regarding a close friend who is getting engaged to an Ismaili man. There has been problems in the family over this matter.
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Marriage by agency: I need to get married to my fiancée urgently...
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I need to get married to my fiancée urgently… but I am in another country. Can I appoint someone to marry me to her? A molwi said this is not allowed? Is this true?
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Marriage: Business-Like Talk with the Person One is Considering?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
What are the limits in regards to getting to know someone with the explicit purpose of marriage. For example, I would like to know if the person has a sense of humour or whether his personality is compatible with mine.
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Marriage in Islam
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Marriage in Islam [sent by a subscriber] Marriage (Nikah) in al-Islam from Se'adat-e-Ebadiyye To have a nikah means to get married, and tatliq means to divorce.
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Marriage Khutba
Shaykh Iyad al-Ghawj, Amman, Jordan
Marriage Khutba All praise is to Allah, who has made marriage a mercy and rest, and for the traveler on the path of the next life one of the shortest of ways to the good pleasure of Allah.
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Marriage: Losing Hope in Finding a Spouse
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I am now 29, and have been trying to get married for a long time without any success. I am losing hope and even get thoughts of marrying a non-Muslim man… but I know this will be disaster for my relationship to Allah…
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Marriage Plans: Wedding Outfits, Celebrations, Recording, Photographs
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf, CA
: I have a few questions regarding marriage and would be very grateful if you could answer them. A few months ago a brother asked me to marry him and I have said yes.
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Hadiths: The Marriage Process in Islam
Shaad Ahmed
Hadiths: The marriage process in Islam The Marriage Process in Islam by Shaad Ahmed Before Marrying Selecting a Spouse The first thing we should look for when marrying is how committed the person is to Islam.
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Marriage & Proposals: Prayer of guidance, and Sunna of Consulting
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
There is an opportunity that came my, for marriage with a very honest, sincere and pious man. I would really like for it to work out, and I have prayed istikhaarah repeatedly and it has been over a year. Even though I re…
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Marriage & a Woman's Guardian
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
There are two families that would like their children to get married to each other. However, they'd like to wait 1 year for the nikkah. They're planning to do an engagement (no such thing in Shariah right?) this summer -…
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Marriages: the Limits of Obedience Questioned
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
U said in the Hanafi school it is Wajib for her to cook and do the housework, but not in of the other 3 schools. And you said what Mufti Taqi Usmani said can be explained in some other way for whatever reasons.
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Marrying an Adulterer
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam
I have read that an adulterer/adulteress may not have sexual relations with none except an adulterer/adulteress or idol worshipper. Does it also mean it will be a sin for a non adulterer / adulteress to marry an adultere…
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Marrying Me Off Back Home
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I need advice some advice, please: My parents want me to get married to whoever they find, and seek only a doctor or professional from only their part of their country and background.
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Marrying First Cousins
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
This question has reached me but I could not find an answer on the web-group: "What does Islam say concerning marriages between cousins in the light of medical research about weakening the gene-pool?" Walaikum assalam, M…
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Marrying Some Irreligious Man: Don't Do So Even If Parents Insist
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
A friend of mine is facing some difficulty regarding a prospective marriage. She has been asked to marry a boy who is not a practicing Muslim like herself.
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Marrying in Secret? Without Parent's Permission? Don't.
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I've been hearing that in the Hanafi school one can actually marry in secret. The woman I want to marry and I will be 'engaged' in a month. And then the ACTUAL nikah is going to be next summer.
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Marrying in a Strange Land where Muslims have Strange Customs
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam, UK
Living in a non Muslim country (Australia) it is hard for one to survive. I have been "looking" to get married for a long time now.
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My Husband Does Not Pray. We just fought over it...
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Recently i've had a huge argument w/ my husband on the topic that he doesn't regularly pray, and since we just had our first baby, i wanted him to change of course, so our daughter can have good role models and influen…
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100 Premarital Questions
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Not a perfect set of questions, but useful suggestions, for sure: 100 Premarital Questions [sent by a subscriber] In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful As you know most masjids now and Islamic communities ar…
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Questions of Sexual Intimacy: Mutual Masturbation & The Impermissibility of Drinking One's Wife's Milk
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I have 2 questions relating to sexual matters (being intimate with one's wife)? Q1) Is a wife permitted to masturbate her husband and her husband permitted to masturbate her? Q2) A husband is allowed to take pleasure for…
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RE: confusion about marriage partner and the question of loving someone before marrying them
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I have been searching for a marriage partner for a long time and finally I have found someone. I am getting into my late 20s, and worried about not getting married, so I rushed into saying yes.
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Re: Is Literalism Disbelief ?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Someone question a recent answer [below], quoting: "As for Islamic orthodoxy, the Imam of Ahl al-Sunna in tenets of faith, ‘Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi says in his ‘aqida manual Usul al-din [The fundamentals of the religion…
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RE: Marriage to a revert man. We suspect that my sister's convert husband only converted out of love...
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
My sister has recently married to a revert person. He accepted Islam in1998. He was a Christian earlier. We are suspicious rather confident that he has accepted Islam in order to marry my sister. He has reportedly been i…
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Relations During Menstruation
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Can you please clarify on the husband-wife interactions when the women is experiencing menstruation? i know sexual relations are not allowed but is there any other limits on touching? kissing? etc...
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Removing Hijab to Get Married?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Can a man ask a woman to remove her scarf, in order to see what she looks like, when he goes to see her for the prospect of marriage?
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Suitability in Marriage: Kafa'a
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: (1) Can a girl who is a sayyidah (i.e. a direct descendent of the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam via Hazrat Ali and Sayyida Fatima alayhimus-salam) marry a Muslim who is a non-sayyid? Walaikum assalam, They can ma…
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Temporary Marriage & Avoiding Arguments
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I have some questions about the prohibition of mut'a (temporary marriage). First, how do Sunni/Hanafi scholars understand the meaning of the word normally translated as "enjoy" in sura 4:24, (I think "istimta'")?