QUESTION: Please comment on the current trend today where men remain at home while women go out to work and earn an income for the household. In some cases, this is not the desire of a woman to do so, but she is left without a choice because her husband makes no...
QUESTION: A man and woman were married from 1999 until 2012, when they divorced. During this time, the husband was unemployed for seven years, with the wife sustaining the family on her income. In 2010, they bought a house together. When the divorce took place in...
QUESTION: A lady's Haidh commenced. A few minutes later, she received a phone call wherein her husband issued three Talaaqs to her. Will she count her Haidh from this cycle, or the next one? ANSWER: If the bleeding continues for more than 3 days, then this will be...
QUESTION: A woman was granted interim maintenance relief beyond the Iddah period. The court held that a husband could not unilaterally end a marriage through a Talaaq, and that the marriage dissolves only once a court of law confirms the dissolution. The background to...
QUESTION: My husband divorced me in March. In 2025, he had loaned my Mahr to pay for expenses. He said that he will return my kruger coin to me, but it is now June 2026, and he refuses to give my coin back. Also, we share two daughters and he refuses to pay...
QUESTION: A husband and wife came to an agreement after a year of separation that he would issue Talaaq on the 12/06. Her Haidh is usually due around 14th/15th of the month. On 10/06, she started spotting. If the husband issued the Talaaq on the 12/06, will this Haidh...
QUESTION: During a severe manic episode characterized by extreme and abnormal anger, which was subsequently diagnosed by a psychiatrist, I allegedly uttered words of divorce to my wife. At the time of the incident, I was not in a normal state of mind. I did not...
QUESTION: A man has two wives. He spends his nights equally with each but his days are mostly spent with one of the wives. While I understand that only the nights have to be equal, it doesn't seem fair that this equality is not found in all aspects. Please advise....