Marriage · Subtopic
Second Marriage & Equality
190 fatawa from 5 South African Darul Iftas on Second Marriage & Equality, part of Marriage. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
By Darul Ifta
Second Marriage & Equality fatawa — page 4 of 5
- Mufti Online24 Apr 2016
Husband only taking the first wife for umrah
My husband has two wifes and I am his second wife. My husband had performed umrah four times already with his first wife and he is going again to…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Apr 2016
Wife forcing the husband to divorce his second wife
My husband did a secret nikaah and after five years. I have found out that he has another wife and a small child. I have asked him to divorce her…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online7 Apr 2016
Polygamy
1. Can a husband kiss his wife on lips, hand, cheek and forehead in front of his other wives? Can all the 4 wives stay together in one house in 4…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online16 Mar 2016
Taking a second wife
My question is if a person has been forcibly married by bribery and blackmail and then later has accepted the nikaah and has treated his wife with…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN8 Mar 2016
Can a wife ask for divorce if her husband wants to take a second wife?
Can a wife ask for a divorce because her husband wants to take a second wife. ps he cannot even look after the kids and family well.
- Ask Imaam2 Mar 2016
Can a wife ask for divorce if her husband wants to take a second wife?
Can a wife ask for a divorce because her husband wants to take a second wife. ps he cannot even look after the kids and family well.
Jibran Kadarkhan - Mufti Online15 Feb 2016
Taking a second wife
My question is about my wife. I have normally extreme need of sex but my wife does not allow me to have properly she come to me only twice or thrice…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online9 Feb 2016
Apprehending harm from the first wife
I am making nikkah soon Insha Allah. I will become a second wife to this man. He is married to a very violent woman and this is one of my concerns…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Feb 2016
Secret marriages
I want say that I got married due to my parents forcing me but I want a second nikaah with a girl whom I like but my parents are not allowing me. So…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN22 Jan 2016
Second Wife
My husband said he divorced me one time. About two months later he came to visit my city and we had relations. That nullifies the utterance of…
Hafizurrahman Fatehmahomed - Mufti Online25 Nov 2015
Practising equality when taking another wife
A man is married for 15 odd years (with kids) and thereafter decides to take on a second wife. He has provided for his first wife a house of x value…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam6 Nov 2015
Does the Husband need to seek the permission of his wife before taking a second wife?
To do a second nikah does the husband have to seek permission from the first wife?
Ismail Desai - Ask Imaam27 Oct 2015
My question is whether my relation with my second wife stands divorced or not. What shall I do next?
I got married in 2004 and have a female child of 8 years old in India. While I came for work in Maldives during 2009, I met with a lady who was…
Hafizurrahman Fatehmahomed - Mufti Online17 Oct 2015
Equality between wives
My husband wants to take a second wife. We have been living in my house for twenty years. He bought a house now to live with his second wife.…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Sep 2015
Making a precondition when taking a second wife
Can I do a second marriage on such an agreement that I will give half nights to the second wife as compared to the first wife and before nikaah the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Feb 2015
Getting married as a second wife
I would like to find out something regarding talaaq. My husband and I have been recently divorced due to many issues we have been having along the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online27 Jan 2015
Taking a second wife
I am 35 years old. Married with children. I have decided to take a second wife. I told my wife everything that had happened and want to take a…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online7 Jan 2015
Husband taking a second wife
My husband and I are both reverts. I have no mahram to protect my rights. I found out on Tuesday that my husband has a new wife. It was secret for a…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Jan 2015
Taking a second wife
I had a question about marrying a second wife? I told my wife I wanted to marry another wife and she said I would need to divorce her first? She…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Nov 2014Roman Urdu
Khwaab me showhar ki dowsri shaadi dekhna
Me ne do dafa khawab dekha ha ke meray shohar ke dosari biwi ha.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam8 Nov 2014
Second wife
I have a second wife. Before marriage we were agreed that I will give her a certain amount from my Salary. My question is whether i am still bound…
Saleem Khan - Mufti Online14 Aug 2014
Taking a second wife
I want to find out, a friend of mine wants to take a second wife. He has kids from his 1st wife. He doesn't love her and they hardly communicate. He…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online29 May 2014
Taking a second wife
If a man's wife becomes ill and sickly and therefore she will be unable to satisfy his sexual desires, would it be ethical for a man to get another…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online3 Mar 2014
Equality between wives
If a man has two wives. One rich and one poor. Must he give both equal nafaqa?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Feb 2014
Equality between wives
My wife said that she will let me have a second wife if I increase her allowance from 5 to 10 000 a month. If I enter this agreement with her before…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam6 Feb 2014
Polygamy in U.S.A
A man is not happy with his 30 yr marriage & wants to marry a 2nd wife. As polygamy is a crime in USA, he wants the wife to sign divorce papers in…
Ismaeel Bassa - Mufti Online13 Jan 2014
Wife refusing to have relations with her husband due to him taking a second wife
I want to know that if a muslim man does second marriage and his first wife says that since you have married for the second time I will not have…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Dec 2013
Stipulating as mahr in the nikaah that the husband will not marry a second wife
Can one request as mahr that the husband will never marry another wife while he is married to her?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online26 Nov 2013
Equality between wives
A husband who has two wife's, he is fair with both of them in everything except that he doesn't have sex with the first wife because of which the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Nov 2013
Spending equally on one's wives
If a man has 7 children with one wife and his second wife has 2 children from a former marriage. Is it incumbent upon him to buy for each wife a…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Oct 2013
Sharing one's nights equally among one's wives
Please clarify the day night issue between two wives. Does the husband have to share the day and night equally between his wives or only the nights?…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online17 Sep 2013
Taking permission to get married to a second wife
For a man to marry a second wife, does he need to ask permission to his first wife?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Sep 2013
Polygamy
Are second, third, fourth marriages a sunnah? Is polygamy encouraged in Islam (emphasized sunnah) or is it something permissible?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online31 Aug 2013
Sharing one's nights among one's wives
Is it permissible for a man to say he'll spend 3 days and nights every week with each wife, but one day alone at his other flat alone? So he can do…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Aug 2013
Contract stipulating that the husband cannot take a second wife
Is it permissible for a women to have a contract before marriage stipulating that the husband cannot take another wife for five years. If it is…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online18 Jun 2013
Spending the night with another wife in the absence of the wife who's turn it is
Can a man spend the night with his other wife if the wife who's turn it is, is not there even though she did not give him permission to spend the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online15 Apr 2013
Taking a second wife
Someone I know was mentioning that a certain man wanted to take a second wife because he says his first wife is not enough to satisfy his physical…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam7 Feb 2013
Is it injustice that I spend only one month a year with my second wife who is in another country?
I Live in .... and i have one wife here,, my other wife lives in pakistan,, Generally i give only one month yearly to my wife in ....., and the rest…
Mahmood Patel - Mufti Online10 Nov 2012
Taking a second wife without the first wife’s approval
Is it permissible for a man to take a second wife without his first wife’s approval?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Nov 2012
Second wife giving up her nights and accepting less financial support
If the second wife gives up her nights and accepts less financial support as she is by the means to. She has verbally stated this to her husband.…
Mufti Zakaria Makada
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