The Call InfoQuestion During a heated argument with my wife, I said to her, ‘I divorce you,’ once only. The following day, we received a visit from friends and I introduced her to them as my wife. She later apologized to me and I accepted her apology. Before her waiting period was over, we lived together as […]
Question I have been staying in a foreign country for the past years. My parents chose a girl for me. They wanted me to marry her because they had given their word to the girl’s father. The girl’s parents did not wish to delay, because her mother was seriously ill and she would want to […]
Question Why is it that Islam does not permit a Muslim woman to marry a non-Muslim man? What happens to the marriage where the wife decides to become a Muslim while her husband continues to follow his own religion? In brief, what is the position of Islam on inter-faith marriage? Answer A woman might have […]
Question My father concluded a marriage contract with a distant relative without consulting my sister. On hearing the news, she became hysterical and refused to have anything to do with the man, who is a second cousin. Did my father act in accordance with the Shariah? If not, what is the way forward? Answer A […]
Question I have tried in vain to encourage my friend into marriage. How do I explain to him the benefits of marriage, since he argues that marriage is too serious a commitment to go into? In other words is a bachelor with all the necessary means committing a sin, if he does not get married […]