Answered by Muftī Yūsuf Badāt Question: In the case of separation and divorce, what happens to the custody of the child and who is most rightful for the primary residence of the child? Does the age of the child play a role in the matter of child custody? Is it true the mother forsakes her…
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badat Question: The rule, لا يلحق البائن البائن (the severe divorce does not connect with another severe divorce), is it always or only in certain conditions? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Institute. The principle,…
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badat Question: I was joking around with my wife about a second marriage. She said, “How will you please her in the bed when you cannot please me. You last only 1 minute.” I said, “Are you not ashamed talking like this?” She said, “I can talk like this because it…
Answered Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I have been married for more than 21 years now. All these years, I have suffered mental abuse from my husband. Even after fulfilling all my duties as mother to his children and his wife, he taunts and complains all the time. I am seeking therapy as I am highly…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: What is the ruling on a woman who refuses her husband to see the children? Also, what is the ruling on women who claim their husband’s assets after divorce? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: A woman’s husband passed away. She is at present in ‘iddah. Her mother is 92 years old and completely incapable of moving. Will it be permissible for the woman in ‘iddah to go and visit her mother who lives 8 kilometers away? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: A husband and wife got into a heated argument and the husband uttered the words below and acknowledged it as a divorce at first but then rejected it and says it was not his intention. Would this be considered a divorce or not according to Islam? If so, what…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: What is the Islamic religious ruling if a lady gets married and she finds out that her husband is trans-gender? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathābah Institute. If a woman is married to…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: If a wife asked her husband during a disagreement, “Give me divorce!” and to that, he responded, “Take it from me.” Thereafter, later on the same day in the evening, the wife said, “I have counted what you said this morning as one ṭalāq.” To that, the husband responded,…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: My father said that he did not understand what he was saying at the times that he said ‘ṭalāq’ to my mother. He was mentally ill at the time. Could you please confirm the validity of the divorce and provide us with the fatwā. Answer: In the Name of…