The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 2034- If a woman is married out to a man without their permission, but later they consent to the marriage and give their permission, the marriage is in order.

Issue No. 2054- If a married woman commits adultery, she does not become haram to her husband. However, if she does not repent and persists in her action, it would be better for the husband to divorce her, but he should pay her mahr. Moreover, if she is known for committing adultery, the obligatory precaution is to divorce her.

Issue No. 2055- If a man (We seek refuge to Allah) commits adultery with a married woman, in order for him to repent, it is not necessary to tell the husband, rather he should repent genuinely before Allah.

Issue No. 2063- If the wife does not obey the husband in respect to the things which were mentioned in the previous issue, she is sinful, and the husband is not obliged to provide her with food, clothes, housing and the right of sexual intercourse, however, he still is indebted to her with respect to the mahr.

Issue No. 2093- It is permissible for a man to look at a non-maḥram woman in order to identify her when she is required to testify in a court of law, and such other important and necessary matters.

Issue No. 2103- If a man marries a woman and someone claims later that she had a husband, but the woman herself says she did not, and if it is not also proved to be true according to Islamic laws, one should accept her word. However, if a reliable person confirms that she indeed did have a husband, she should, as an obligatory precaution, be divorced.

Issue No. 2105- If an illegitimate person marries and a child is born to him, that child is legitimate.

Issue No. 2121- A woman who suckles the brother of a person does not become maḥram to that person, although the recommended precaution is that she should not marry him.

Issue No. 2125- If a man who has two wives and one of them suckles the child of the paternal uncle of the other wife, the wife who suckled does not become haram to her husband.

Issue No. 2127- It has been narrated from the Infallibles (as) that the wet-nurse chosen for a child should be sane, faithful, chaste and good looking, and one should refrain from hiring an insane, unfaithful, ugly, ill-tempered or illegitimately born wet-nurse. One should also avoid entrusting a child with a wet-nurse whose milk is due to giving birth to an illegitimate child [1].

Issue No. 2140- If a person whose wife is in the state of ḥayḍ or nifās becomes absent for a reason, for example he proceeds on a journey and wishes to divorce his wife, he should wait until such time when she usually becomes pure from ḥayḍ and nifās.

Issue No. 2141- If a person has had sexual intercourse with his wife and wishes to divorce her, he should wait until she has menstrual discharge again and becomes pure again. However, if she is pregnant, he can divorce her immediately after having had sexual intercourse. The same rule applies if the woman is in menopause, i.e., she is over 50 years old.