Dissolving a Marriage.

Question: What is the procedure of dissolving or severing a marriage? The husband and wife are not living together, he neither maintains her nor looks after her, but still refuses to give her divorce. Can the marriage be severed? Answer: The wife in this case […]

Muslim – non Muslim marriages.

Question: What is the Islamic view about muslim – non muslim marriages? Answer: Islam does not allow mixed marriages between a Muslim and a non-Muslim in general. The only allowance which was given in the Holy Quraan is a Muslim man marrying a Christian or […]

Promise to marry a sister.

Question: A man made intention and promise (engagement) to marry a sister some time ago. Since then he has been in regular communication with the sister (although he was advised that he should not do so) and they argue and quarrel regularly. It is also […]

Missing Husband.

Question: What is the Shariat’s ruling pertaining to a woman whose husband is missing? What can she do? Does she have to wait or can she marry another person. Answer: In this case the Hanafi jurists have given the fatwa upon the view of Imam […]