Islam: Questions And Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: Transactions - Part 2

399 Pages·2007·2.67 MB·English

by  Muhammad

ISLAM: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Jurisprudence and
Islamic Rulings:
Transactions - Part 2
Volume 23 of a Series of Islamic Books
by
Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman
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Islam: Questions And Answers
Volume 23
Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings:
Transactions - Part 2
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Islam: Questions And Answers
Volume 23
Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings:
Transactions - Part 2
Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman
B.Sc., DipHE
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© Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman, 2004
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Contents
Introduction ..............................................................................1
Chapter 1...................................................................................3
Transactions........................................................... 3
Marriage: General ...........................................................3
46979: Ruling on the bride sitting on a dais ..............3
45789: Attending wedding parties which involve
some evils...................................................................4
44990: The reason why the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) married
‘Aa’ishah despite the age difference ..........................7
13492: Encouragement to have a lot of children......10
8805: She wants to marry a student like her and
her family doesn’t agree...........................................14
33656: Muslim man marrying a chaste Christian
woman......................................................................17
22897: Ruling on a woman letting a man know
that she wants to marry him .....................................19
21818: The situation of one who is illegitimate
and the ruling on marrying him................................22
11885: ‘Azl (coitus interruptus) and using birth
control pills...............................................................26
10140: If they agree on khula’, does the husband
have the right to change his mind?...........................29
22446: His family want him to marry a girl who
is not religious and they say that she will change
in time.......................................................................30
21441: Ruling on wearing engagement and
wedding rings...........................................................31
12555: Should i marry him.......................................33
22219: How much should a man take from
his wife who is divorced by khula’?.........................35
11137: Ruling on marrying one’s daughter to
an AIDS patient........................................................36
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12277: Is masturbation permissible if a person
knows that he would not be able to give a wife
her rights?.................................................................37
12819: Undoing the effects of magic on the
groom on his wedding night.....................................42
10048: Is it makrooh to leave a long
interval between the marriage contract and
consummation of the marriage?...............................43
4536: Is having intercourse with one’s
wife equivalent (in reward) to praying 70
naafil prayers? ..........................................................44
7885: He got married to a girl but he does not
feel any attraction towards her .................................48
10033: He wants to limit having children
because he is poor ....................................................50
8391: He has found a religious woman but
he does not find her appearance attractive
– should he marry her?.............................................52
3347: Hitting children for purposes of discipline
and threatening to punish one’s wife........................56
7577: The wife’s family want to do forbidden
things during the wedding party...............................58
5240: He loves his cousin and wants to marry
her.............................................................................60
5202: Attributes of the ideal Muslim husband.........61
6145: She wants to get married, and her mother
got pregnant with her without being married...........65
6792: Does anal intercourse cancel the marriage
contract?...................................................................67
6254: Is it possible to be pious without being
married?....................................................................69
6276: Differences between Muslim and
non-Muslim weddings..............................................70
7174: She does not want to go through another
bad marriage.............................................................71
6376: He wants to commit suicide because they
rejected his marriage proposal..................................73
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2579: His wife cannot conceive now and he
wants more children.................................................75
4318: Her husband did not respect her family
and divorced her after the nikaah but before the
wedding party...........................................................77
3002: Writing “Bismillaah ir-Rahmaaan
il-raheem” on wedding invitations is permissible....79
2731: He married someone other than the woman
his parents wanted....................................................80
3023: She is in love with a Muslim and wants to
marry him – does she have to become Muslim?......81
2246: Appearaing before one’s fiancé before the
wedding (nikaah)......................................................83
1137: Wants to marry a woman but his parents
do not approve of her ...............................................84
988: He loves a woman but his mother disrespects
her because of her origins.........................................85
1805: Wants to marry a girl but his father does
not approve of her ....................................................88
854: What should a Muslim do when he wants
to consummate his marriage?...................................90
2135: Premarital sex, and is it the parents’
obligation to arrange marriage for their children?....93
2529: Wants to marry a girl who has repented
of her past but his mother does not approve ............94
2221: What is done between the engagement
and the marriage contract, and the marriage
contract and the wedding party ................................95
1431: Loving a man in secret and praying that
she will marry him....................................................97
2381: Fighting for love.............................................97
2132: A Christian woman got married in a
church then became Muslim ....................................99
2067: What to recite during a marriage
cerimony.................................................................101
1897: Shaking hands etc. after nikaah....................104
682: Father preventing his son from marrying
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because he needs his help to take care of
siblings ...................................................................104
653: Divorced wife due to her family’s use
of sihr (magic or witchcraft)...................................106
1249: If A Wife Deserts Her Husband Marriage
Will Not Be Nullified.............................................107
1103: Ruling on Intercourse with a Woman in
her rectum...............................................................108
225: No prescribed period for consummating
marriage..................................................................110
Chapter 2...............................................................................112
Transactions....................................................... 112
Marriage: Rights of spouses........................................112
20433: Is it permissible for a wife to take from
her husband’s wealth without his permission?.......112
36818: Her husband left her for a long time
with her agreement; is she sinning by not asking
for a divorce?..........................................................113
38105: He is afraid that he caused his wife’s
death.......................................................................116
45715: Can the wife of a prisoner wear
provocative clothing for him when visiting him? ..120
48956: Can a man prevent his wife from
observing i’tikaaf?..................................................122
49834: The reason why a woman is not allowed
to observe a naafil fast without her husband’s
permission ..............................................................125
48489: Her husband is weak – can she put
medicine in his food without him knowing?..........127
43123: Obeying one’s husband comes before
obeying one’s parents and siblings.........................128
43166: Does the husband have to make his
wife happy? ............................................................131
45600: Her husband only gives her maintenance,
and he lives far away from her. Can she ask for
a divorce? ...............................................................133
44997: Her family took her away without
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her husband’s permission.......................................137
6913: The wife of a Daaiyah is complaining
because her husband is so busy..............................140
27104: He talks about marriage secrets and
gets married with the intention of divorcing
the woman..............................................................145
22026: Her husband only has intercourse with
her every four months.............................................150
38013: Her husband cannot have intercourse
with her because of the pain she feels. What
is the solution? .......................................................152
38724: Her husband wants her to sit in front
of the TV with him.................................................154
11872: Obedience is only with regard to that
which is right and proper........................................156
26898: Husband’s parents preventing the wife
from visiting her own family..................................160
23390: Her husband is not satisfying her sexual
desire ......................................................................161
10143: Ruling on tying the tubes unnecessarily.....163
12509: She has gone off him and doesn’t want
to have any intimacy with him in bed ....................165
13802: The husband’s responsibility to educate
his wife...................................................................169
13924: Does she have to obey her husband’s
mother?...................................................................172
9144: Ruling on having one’s tubes tied................173
12496: A husband has not been fulfilling his
responsibility towards his wife for five years.........174
12539: Is it obligatory for a wife to cook food
for her husband?.....................................................176
22216: Shar’i procedures when a wife rebels ........176
22027: Prevention of pregnancy using the coil......178
0680: What are the rights of the husband and
what are the rights of the wife?..............................180
8801: Wife’s duties towards her husband’s
father ......................................................................192
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