Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I follow the Hanafi school. My wife lives abroad, we have never lived together, and both families have agreed to end the marriage. There was no consummation, and I do not believe there was valid seclusion: I kissed her briefly once or twice when I visited, but we were […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question I came across a fatwa on responding “okay” to a divorce request. Based on its reasoning, would a non-verbal affirmative sound, specifically “mhmm”, which in the UK commonly means “yes” or “I understand”, count as valid, explicit speech capable of constituting a response to a divorce request? Or would […]

يجيب عن السؤال الشيخ باسم عيتاني السؤال شابّ في الثالثة والعشرين يرغب في الزواج إعفافًا لنفسه، وتكاليفه على والديه، ويخشى أن يُصِرّ أهله على حفلٍ فيه موسيقى واختلاط. فإن بذل وُسعه في الإنكار ولم يقدر على التغيير، أيجب عليه ترك الزواج، أم له أن يُتِمّه مع كراهته للمنكر؟ الجواب الحمدلله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question My husband and I had a marital relationship during my period of confusion. I saw a brown discharge while urinating, unsure if it was menstruation or a cloth thread. That night, my private part seemed clean, so we had marital relations. The next day, I saw brown discharge in […]