Marriage · Subtopic
Spouses’ Rights & Nafaqah
213 fatawa from 8 South African Darul Iftas on Spouses’ Rights & Nafaqah, 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
Spouses’ Rights & Nafaqah fatawa — page 2 of 6
- Azaadville23 Aug 2022
Maintenance Of A Woman In Her Iddat
I would like to request a ruling regarding the fact that my husband has to still take care of me while I’m sitting in my idat and I would like to…
- Mufti Online23 Jun 2022
Extent of being financially stable when getting married
We are always advised by Ulama to get married early but on the other hand we are also supposed to provide for our spouse and most of the boys get…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Jun 2022
Husband providing separate living quarters for his wife
Is it permissible to ask for a separate home from one's husband?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online12 May 2022
Husband's right over his wife's salary
How much right does a man have over his wife's salary which she earns?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Azaadville15 Feb 2022
Talaaq With A Condition Of No Maintenance
If a person puts down a condition: If Talaaq takes place the wife will drop all her rights of maintenance. Is this condition valid in Shari’at?
- Jamiat KZN8 Feb 2022
Does the father have child custody rights upon divorce?
Sister x and brother y were married for 7 years. Sister x consistently refused to consummate their marriage. Only once in the 3rd of their marriage…
Mawlana Faraz Ibn Adam - Mufti Online11 Jan 2022
Father refusing to pay child support
Can a father refuse to pay nafaqah (child support) for his child if his ex wife denies him access to his child?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Nov 2021
Fulfilling the rights of the second wife
I am a second wife and my husband hasn't lived with me since the day of our walimah. It's been almost a year that we've been married and my husband…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Oct 2021
Husband making his wife work and pay for the house expenses
I have a question around financial obligation of a husband. I have a property which I pay for in terms of mortgage. I also have two children whom I…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Sep 2021
The rights of spouses
Is this right that that husbands have no right to demand their wives to carry out household chores, including cooking, cleaning, or any other…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Azaadville1 Sep 2021
Nikaah Misyar And The Wife Waiving Her Right Of Financial Support
Will nikkah be permissable if there is a condition that the wife waves the right of the husbnd to financially surport her because she is capable to…
- Jamiat KZN10 Jun 2021
Is the Husband still Responsible for Maintenance of the Wife when the Couple is Separated
If a wife is forced to leave her husband and go to her parent’s home due him abusing her rights, does the husband still have to maintain his wife…
- Mufti Online30 Jan 2021
Wife requesting separate living quarters
I have been living with my in-laws for a year now and I requested to my husband if we could make a decision to move into a place of our own, but my…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam24 Jan 2021
Nafaqah to wife and children/parents saying to divorcing wife
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Ummid hai Hazrat Mufti sb afiyat se honge. Is mas'ale me fatwa aur mashwarah matloob hai ke agar kisi ne pehli biwi…
- Mufti Online10 Oct 2020
Providing one's wife with separate quarters
I am in a little confusion. I can't make up my mind. My in laws are visiting us for 3 months that includes my sister in law and father in law. My…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Sep 2020
Fulfilling the rights of one's wife after a secret nikaah
A grown-up man has the financial ability to maintain his wife and family and he is eager to marry. But his parents want him to marry later after…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Sep 2020
The rights and responsibilities of the spouses in nikaah
Can you please explain the rights and responsibilities of each spouse in nikaah? From the wife and husband, who has more rights and responsibilities?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online29 Aug 2020
Husband not fulfilling wife's conjugal rights
It's been 4 months since my husband had sex with me, is it okay in Islam?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online29 Aug 2020
The rights of the husband and wife
I have heard some saying including few scholars saying that a husband's rights over his wife are greater than her rights over him. Is that true and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam10 Feb 2020
Claiming Financial Support from Ex-husbands - Is it Halaal?
Is it allowed in Islam, or in other words Is it halal in Islam:1. Lady with 4 kids got divorced officially, and claiming herself as a single mother,…
Hammad Ibn Ismail Jogiat - Mufti Online20 Jan 2020
Is the husband liable to provide for his wife and children if they are living separately?
My sister is in Canada, married with 2 kids (age 11 and 2), and as per her marital difference and diffculties they both husband wife decided to live…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online27 Oct 2019
Husband preventing wife from talking to her siblings
I'm engaged and soon going to get married to the man I'm engaged with. He does not like my siblings because they have caused me harm in the past and…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Oct 2019
Wife forgoing all her rights to her husband
Can a wife forgive all her rights including mandatory rights to her husband?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Sep 2019
Asking one's husband for separate living quarters
I live with my husband, son and my elder brother in law. He is soon to be getting married insha Allah. I don’t want to live with him. I am trying to…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online8 Sep 2019
Husband forgoing some of his marital rights
If a persons wife is uncomfortable in providing her husband with some of his rights, can the husband leave those rights with his own will without…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Sep 2019
Till what age is a father responsible for his son's expenses?
When my son has his own job and he is earning then is he dependent on his father?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Apr 2019
Who is liable for the children's medical costs?
I would like to know if a husband has stated that all the costs for the children going forward needs to be split 50/50 between the parents, will he…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online30 Mar 2019
Fulfilling the needs of one's wife
When I got married, I used to live in a standard size room. When my sister got married, me and my wife moved to another room which is a smaller…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam4 Feb 2019
I cannot fulfil a court order to pay maintenance for my wife. What do I do?
Aslaamuwalikum Sir,I am from Mumbai,Maharashtra,IndiaI gave Talaq Ahsan to my ex-wife relieved her from matrimonial bonds after reconciliation…
Mizanur Rahman - Mufti Online3 Feb 2019
Wife remaining obedient to her husband
1. Should the wife give preference to listening to her shaikh's bayaan or to do what the husband requests at that time. 2. Should the wife give…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online8 Dec 2018
Is the husband responsible for the maintenance of a house owned by his wife?
I have been married for a few years, initially I stayed in a flat which belonged to me but after sometime my father in-law bought us a house. The…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online2 Dec 2018
Wife cooking for her in-laws
My married son and his wife says that there is no duty of the daughter in law to make food for the father in law, mother in law and brother/sister…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam23 Nov 2018
How to deal with wife, parent’s and children’s maintenance?
Asalam alikum. Due to poor health and old age of my parents (they are divorced but both are single), I had to move to Pakistan from Canberra in…
Rabiul Islam - Mufti Online15 Nov 2018
Providing for one's wife if she is living with her mother
About 7 months ago (the first week of Ramadhan) my wife requsted a divorce, she requested her brother to collect her and asked me to issue a talaq.…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online31 Jul 2018
Marrying a woman who has children out of wedlock
I want to marry a Christian lady who is ready to convert to Islam. However, she has two young kids aged, 2 yrs and 4 yrs. The kids, as she told me,…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Jul 2018
Wife requesting separate living quarters
I am married and have 3 kids. I am the eldest in my family. My mother, one married and one unmarried brother lives with me in my house becasue my…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online2 May 2018
Second wife foregoing all her rights
I want marry with someone but he can't afford 2nd marriage and I can't live without him can I forgive all my rights and stay with his name full life?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Apr 2018
Husband expecting the wife to work
My husband believes that because I’m from Europe, not an Arab and a Muslim convert I should be working. We moved to Europe recently from the Middle…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Mar 2018
Requesting one's husband for separate living quarters
I have been living with my in laws over a year now and been having some problems with my in laws which I feel is affecting me and my husbands…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Mar 2018
Is it the duty of the father to support his illegitimate child?
My question is regarding an illegitimate child. My ex husband and I had a child out of wedlock. I was not a Muslim but he was. Before my son was…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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