Marriage · Subtopic
Proposals & Premarital Relations
446 fatawa from 7 South African Darul Iftas on Proposals & Premarital Relations, 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.
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Proposals & Premarital Relations fatawa — page 2 of 12
- Ask Imaam15 Mar 2023
Misc questions regarding zina and marriage
1. Can someone marry a woman he impregnated through zina? Can he marry a woman who became pregnant from zina with someone else? For the child’s…
Tahmid Chowdhury - Mufti Online12 Feb 2023
Being in seclusion with a girl when going to see her for the purpose of marriage
Is it permissible to be alone with a girl when going to her home to view for the purpose of marriage?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam31 Jan 2023
After the istikhara should my brother proceed with his marriage?
Assalamoualoalaikoum I have a question regarding my brother. My brother is 28 years old and he is looking to get married. He met a girl and he wants…
Hussein Muhammad - Mufti Online26 Jan 2023
Having a sexual relationship with a woman who is divorced
Is it permissible for me to have a sexual relationship with a woman who is divorced and has kids? I am taking care of her financial needs completely…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood5 Jan 2023
Nikah of a Muslim boy and Kaafir girl that were involved in a Haraam relationship
I would like to know what the ruling is from the Quraan and Sunnah regarding a 17 year-old female and a 19 year-old male who committed Zinah? The…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Jamiat KZN24 Nov 2022
Does the intention of marriage justify zina?
I am a young teenage girl just out of High school. I was going steady with a Muslim boy for 2 years. I relaxed myself with him as he pledged to…
- Jamiat KZN27 Oct 2022
Marrying a child from a relationship of Zina
Assalamu alaykum mufti sab there is this Muslim guy who was making zina with a certain woman untill she become pregnant and has a child now. she has…
- Mufti Online18 Oct 2022
Will nikaah takes place if a boy asks a girl “will you marry me”?
What’s the maslah pertaining to the question “will you marry me”? I learnt a while ago that whether it was done in a school play for example and the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online17 Oct 2022
Parents responsibility of taking care of their son's illegitimate child
Should someone accept their son’s illegals child and child’s mother. The son’s point of view that he is responsible of his deeds. Our point of view…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam15 Oct 2022
family want the proposal to be called off but the girl is unsure because her Istikhara is positive. What should she do?
I got proposed to earlier this year, alhamdulilah myself, dad and a moulana made istikhara and it was positive. This past week however we had a run…
Ahmad Patel - Ibn Masood21 Sep 2022
Freedom after engagements
Many Muslim families have engagement parties when they find their children suitable marriage partners. Is this permissible in Islam, or is it better…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Ask Imaam28 Jul 2022
They committed Zina and later got married. Who will the child belong to?
If two people made zina and the woman got pregnant. thereafter these two people got married. So is the child will belong to the father once its born?
Mudassir Benish - Mufti Online23 Jul 2022
Woman refusing marriage proposals because she feels she is not 'mentally ready'
Can a Muslim woman of marriageable age refuse marriage proposals altogether from Muslim men of good deen and character without meeting them with the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online21 Jun 2022
Boy proposing to a girl directly
Can a boy ask a girl about marriage?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood8 Feb 2022
How to respond to marriage proposals if one is ill
If a girl’s menstrual cycle is affected due to suffering from some kind of disease such as ‘PCOS’, how should she respond to marriage proposals? If…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Mufti Online16 Jan 2022
Attribution of a child born out of wedlock and punishment for zina
I met a female through social media which I think is a Jew or Christian. I told her that you are my sister and she spoke to me several times. One…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Dec 2021
Engagement functions
I have a question about engagement functions. Is it halaal or haraam?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood5 Dec 2021
Dua for a good proposal
Is there any Dua that can be recited to receive a good proposal?
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Mufti Online13 Nov 2021
Masturbating or committing zina?
Is it worse to masturbate 5 times a week as opposed to having sexual intercourse whilst you are not married once a week.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online11 Sep 2021
Boy and girl talking during a proposal
During a proposal, when the girl and boy meet and they are talking, (the girl is in purdah) should the girl keep her face exposed for the whole…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Azaadville16 Aug 2021
What To Read For A Good Proposal
What should one read for a good proposal?
- Mufti Online13 Jun 2021
Validity of nikaah if mahr was not mentioned at the time of nikaah
Zaid conducted the marriage of Zainab to Shuaib. But Zainab did not appoint Zaid as wakeel. However Zainab heard the ijab and qubool through the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online2 Jan 2021
Wife contacting other men if her husband cannot satisfy her
If a husband is sexually weak and can't satisfy his wife, then what should the wife do? 1. Can she contact someone else for her desires? 2. She…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online2 Jan 2021
Punishment for a person who is involved in illicit activities with a married woman
What is the punishment for a person who has done kissing, hugging and sucking a strange woman who is married and inserting his finger in her vagina?…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Dec 2020
Boy and girl considering each other as husband and wife without proposal and acceptance
If a girl and boy considers each other as husband and wife without proposal and acceptance, will their nikaah be valid or not? I saw in one tv…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Dec 2020
Girl completing the recitation of the Quraan in front of an Ustaadh for marriage proposal to be accepted
My mom said that during marriage, the husbands family asks the girl if she had completed reading the Quran in front of an aalim/muallima/ustaadh. I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online7 Nov 2020
Child born out of wedlock
If a child is born out of wedlock (through zina), will he be attributed to the mother or the biological father? The biological father is pleased to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online3 Nov 2020
Father's responsibility for his illegitimate child
If a man has an illegitimate child from an unmarried wonan, what should he do to protect the honour of the child?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Apr 2020
Give up zina, watching porn and smoking
I am a college student and I offer Salaah daily. I always want to be close to Allah, but I have three bad habits which make me feel very bad and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN31 Mar 2020
Zina (Adultery/Fornication) Becoming Widespread Is One Cause Of Plagues (2/2)
What is the authentication if this narration? Rasulullah (sallallahu ’alayhi wasallam) said: “If ever immorality spreads in a community and there is…
Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar - Jamiat KZN31 Mar 2020
Zina (Adultery/Fornication) Becoming Widespread Is One Cause Of Plagues (1/2)
Can you confirm the source of this narration? إذا كثر الزنا كثر القتل ووقع الطاعون
- Mufti Online17 Nov 2019
Choosing a spouse who is not committed to Deen
There is a girl whom I like very much and when my family met her family, my parents didn't like her family much because they don't follow parda. My…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online15 Oct 2019
Going out with one's fiancé before nikaah
Can I meet my fiancé in a restaurant three days before our marriage with our parents' permission?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Sep 2019Roman Urdu
Jis ke saath zina kiya, us se nikaah karna
Kiya me us larki se nikah kar sakta hu jis ke saath zina kiya ho? Kiya me us ke saath halaal rishta kar sakta hu? Kiya meri taubah qubool hogi?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online12 Sep 2019
Refusing to make nikaah
Me and my, don’t no what to call him, but we did zina and I got pregnant. We didn’t end up having nikaah. He didn’t want to have it with me still…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online11 Sep 2019
Marrying a girl who committed zina
I want to know a fatwa on zina. If a girl do zina once in her life before engagement with someone else and seeks forgiveness from Allah and after…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Sep 2019
Brother and sister getting intimate
I have a younger brother. He kiss and suck my breast. I kiss his belly and suck his nipple as sign of caress. Is it permissible?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Sep 2019
Masturbation and haraam relationship
What is considered more haraam, masturbation for men or men having friendship with a woman?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Aug 2019
Making zina with one's daughter
If a person makes zina with his daughter, will the nikah be valid or will it break? Is there any way to protect the nikah? Please give some way to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam23 Aug 2019
My wife has committed zina with her ex-boyfriend. Can I divorce her? What is the ruling of the mahr?
Assalamu Alaikum, Q. My wife committed adultery with her ex-boyfriend, I have 3 children, so need an Islamic solution. 1. My wife committed adultery…
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