Islam: Questions And Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: Transactions - Part 3

397 Pages·2007·2.59 MB·English

by  Muhammad

ISLAM: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Jurisprudence and
Islamic Rulings:
Transactions - Part 3
Volume 24 of a Series of Islamic Books
by
Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman
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Islam: Questions And Answers
Volume 24
Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings:
Transactions - Part 3
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Islam: Questions And Answers
Volume 24
Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings:
Transactions - Part 3
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: Plural marriage and
fair treatment of co-wives ...............................................3
Question Reference Number:: 49044
Title: Ruling on plural marriage and conditions
thereof ........................................................................3
Question Reference Number:: 36486
Title: Plural marriage is mustahabb for the one
who can afford it; it is not obligatory.........................6
Question Reference Number:: 49708
Title: His wife and her family accused him of
having something wrong with his mind; should
he take a second wife?................................................9
Question Reference Number:: 10091
Title: How can he treat his two wives fairly?...........11
Question Reference Number:: 21421
Title: If my husband takes a second wife, will I
be rewarded? ............................................................17
Question Reference Number:: 20455
Title: Is it permissible for a man who has two
wives to go to his first wife every day of the
week?........................................................................21
Question Reference Number:: 9419
Title: He borrowed from his wife and wants to
take a second wife ....................................................26
Question Reference Number:: 11744
Title: She wants to marry a man but the law
does not permit plural marriage. What should
she do?......................................................................28
Question Reference Number:: 21459:
Title: The reason why plural marriage is
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permitted for men but not for women ......................30
Question Reference Number:: 14021
Title: She is asking her husband to divorce her
co-wife......................................................................32
Question Reference Number:: 14022
Title: The ruling on plural marriage and the
wisdom behind it......................................................36
Question Reference Number:: 9789
Title: Wife asking husband’s permission to
fast when he has another wife ..................................43
Question Reference Number:: 26318
Title: A man wants to take a second wife
– would the second wife be sinning? .......................44
Question Reference Number:: 12523
Title: Conditions for plural marriage........................45
Question Reference Number:: 12544
Title: The first wife’s approval is not a condition
for marrying a second wife.......................................46
Question Reference Number:: 13268
Title: Does a man have to treat his co-wives
equally in terms of gift-giving and intimacy? ..........48
Question Reference Number:: 22218
Title: How to start fair treatment between
two wives .................................................................49
Question Reference Number:: 13740
Title: He has two wives and he is not dividing
his time among them fairly.......................................50
Question Reference Number:: 13702
Title: A wife giving up her right to maintenance;
and is the first wife’s approval needed before
one can marry a second wife? ..................................53
Question Reference Number:: 9479
Title: There is no hadeeth which says that a
wife’s permission is required before taking
another wife..............................................................55
Question Reference Number:: 11785
Title: Her co-wife threatens her, is hostile
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towards her and does not greet her with salaam.......55
Question Reference Number:: 4031
Title: Ruling on teaching the second wife’s
children on the first wife’s day.................................57
Question Reference Number:: 10237
Title: Is it permissible for him to go to his
second wife if he forsakes his first wife for a
shar’i reason? ...........................................................58
Question Reference Number:: 10035
Title: He is married to two wives and he does
not work; should he divorce one of them?...............58
Question Reference Number:: 12031
Title: Is it permissible to suspend division
among co-wives on the day of Eid? .........................62
Question Reference Number:: 10991
Title: Ruling on women hating polygyny (plural
marriage) ..................................................................62
Question Reference Number:: 8416
Title: Difference in spending on two wives,
and spending on children of one wife from a
previous marriage.....................................................64
Question Reference Number:: 1748
Title: Giving a gift to the wife who gives birth
and not to the other wife...........................................65
Question Reference Number:: 2008
Title: Permissibility of marrying a second wife .......66
Question Reference Number:: 2040
Title: Polygamy and respecting the wife’s
feelings.....................................................................67
Question Reference Number:: 61
Title: Validity of marrying a second wife for
mere love and without consent of first wife.............68
Chapter 2.................................................................................72
Transactions......................................................... 72
Marriage: Kind Treatment of Spouses ..........................72
Question Reference Number:: 36818
Title: Her husband left her for a long time with
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her agreement; is she sinning by not asking for
a divorce? .................................................................72
Question Reference Number:: 34489
Title: Ruling on reading erotic stories with one’s
spouse.......................................................................75
Question Reference Number:: 31773
Title: Ruling on kissing one’s wife in front of
the children...............................................................77
Question Reference Number:: 23283
Title: She is complaining that her husband does
not give her her marital rights ..................................80
Question Reference Number:: 34589
Title: Problems caused by wife’s illness ..................85
Question Reference Number:: 49945
Title: His wife does not cover her hands
– should he threaten to divorce her? ........................87
Question Reference Number:: 45864
Title: Her father mistreats her and her mother
resents her, and this has affected her relationship
with her husband ......................................................90
Question Reference Number:: 38135
Title: Does her husband have the right not to
break the fast with her so he can break his fast
in the mosque? .........................................................95
Question Reference Number:: 43252
Title: The reason why the husband is regarded
as superior and is given the role of qawwaam
(protector and maintainer)........................................97
Question Reference Number:: 43123
Title: Obeying one’s husband comes before
obeying one’s parents and siblings.........................101
Question Reference Number:: 45597
Title: Speaking during intercourse to provoke
desire ......................................................................104
Question Reference Number:: 45600
Title: Her husband only gives her maintenance,
and he lives far away from her. Can she ask
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for a divorce?..........................................................105
Question Reference Number:: 44971
Title: Repulsive forms of pleasure .........................109
Question Reference Number:: 12529
Title: Is it permissible to engage in coitus
interruptus or to use a condom? .............................112
Question Reference Number:: 40520
Title: Inserting fingers into the back passage.........113
Question Reference Number:: 44997
Title: Her family took her away without her
husband’s permission.............................................117
Question Reference Number:: 46665
Title: He wants to give his wife a gift on the
anniversary of their marriage each year .................119
Question Reference Number:: 34701
Title: The obligation to treat co-wives fairly
in giving gifts .........................................................120
Question Reference Number:: 21532
Title: Can a wife call her husband by his name?....122
Question Reference Number:: 32725
Title: She is complaining about her husband’s
attachment to the Society for the Promotion
of Virtue..................................................................124
Question Reference Number:: 33862
Title: How to treat a wife from among the
People of the Book.................................................126
Question Reference Number:: 41086
Title: She is sick and her husband is forcing her
to go to work ..........................................................129
Question Reference Number:: 14511
Title: Husband refusing to tell his wife how
much he owns.........................................................131
Question Reference Number:: 40278
Title: He consummated the marriage with her
and found that she was not a virgin even though
she has never committed any immoral action........132
Question Reference Number:: 20961
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