Having a Secular marriage

21/10/2021 | Marriage

Having a Secular marriage Q: Is it permissible to have a secular marriage instead of a nikah? If a nikah is still required where can I find evidence that states this? A: Usually, the pillars and conditions of the religious nikah will be met via the secular ceremony....

Obligation of housework for wife

07/10/2021 | Marriage, Miscellaneous

Obligation of housework for wife Q: Is it an obligation for the wife to cook and clean in the home or can she delegate the work to a 3rd party? A: It’s perfectly fine to delegate or order a takeaway etc. Also, if she comes from a family/background where she does...

Representative at a Nikah

02/10/2021 | Marriage

Representative at a Nikah Q: If a person does a nikah (marriage) and appoints a representative for the woman due to her not being able to make it in person, can that representative also be one of the two witnesses if there’s nobody else available? A: If she is present...

Walimah after the marriage?

23/09/2021 | Marriage

Walimah after the marriage? Q: Does the walimah need to be after the nikah to fulfil the sunnah? The purpose is to feed people and express joy at the event of marriage and that could be done before the nikah. Answered by Shaykh Bilal Brown Ashura and Karbala...

Oral Sex

23/07/2021 | Marriage, Sexual Relations

Oral Sex Oral sex refers to sexual activities involving the stimulation of the genitalia by the use of the mouth, tongue, teeth or throat. Oral sex is now very common in both heterosexual and homosexual couples. People may involve in oral sex as part of foreplay...

Fulfilling the wife’s sexual needs

23/07/2021 | Marriage, Sexual Relations

Most schools of law have stated that the husband has an obligation to fulfil the sexual needs of his wife[1][2]. The following has been mentioned in the Hanafi School: “A woman can demand sexual intercourse from her husband by consensus because marriage is a...