Mr. Allama Muhammad bin Abdullah Awad Al-Muayyidi

Question: What is your view regarding what has become common among the public—swearing by “ḥarām and ṭalāq,” as in: “By ḥarām and ṭalāq, I will not do / I will surely do such-and-such”? Is this merely an oath? Or does...

Question: Regarding cyclical divorce and imprisoning divorce, etc.?

Question: A man had previously divorced his wife twice, and finally he suspended the third divorce on the passing of two years. Now the two years are almost up and the spouses regret it. Is there a way out of...

Question: A man divorced his wife and stipulated that he has al-nuqṭ; and al-nuqṭ is: that she not marry So-and-so, or So-and-so, or So-and-so—specific men named; and that if she marries one of them, then there is no divorce and...

Question: A man said to his wife: “If you enter So-and-so’s house, you are divorced.” This was due to a cause—the husband disliked his wife’s entering that house. After some time, that cause disappeared and the husband consented to her...

Question: A man said to his wife: “If you do not go to the farm for such-and-such need, you are divorced.” The wife went to the farm but did not find that item, after thoroughly searching for it, then returned...

Question: A man said to his wife: “If you do not enter the house today, you are divorced.” She was at her family’s home, so she immediately got up and went to her husband’s house. The husband, however, had locked...

Question: If a man says to his wife, “If you enter So-and-so’s house, you are divorced,” then later regrets it and consents to her entering—does averting this condition become valid? How can he rid himself of it? Is there any...

Question: If the spouses appoint an arbiter—or two—and after reviewing and ascertaining what lies between the spouses, the arbiters know that there is no solution to their discord except divorce; they compel the husband to divorce; he refuses; they threaten...

Question: A man has a neighbor married to a wife whom—so it appears—he has divorced three times, yet he still resides with her. Is it permissible for me to share a house with him? Must I denounce what he is...