The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 2057- If a person marries the mother, sister or daughter of someone, and commits sodomy with him after the marriage, they will not become haram to him.

Issue No. 2058- If a person who is in the state of Iḥrām [the state in which ḥajj or ‘umrah are to be performed] marries a woman, the marriage is void, and if he knew that it was haram for him to get married in the state of Ihram, he cannot marry that woman again, irrespective of whether he has had sexual intercourse with her or not.

Issue No. 2060- If a person contracts marriage with an immature [1] girl with the consent of her legal guardian, it is haram to have sexual intercourse with her before she has completed her nine years, and it is not allowed as an obligatory precaution even after she has completed her nine years if she is not ready physically. However, if he does have sexual intercourse with her and it leads to her ifḍā [2], she does not become haram to him, especially if she recovers due to undergoing an operation or treatment. Therefore, in order for a man to have sexual intercourse with a woman, in addition to the completion of nine years of age, it is necessary for the woman to be physically fit for this purpose, and if there is the fear of ifḍā or becoming defective, it is not allowed as an obligatory precaution to have sexual intercourse with her, even if she is mature.

Issue No. 2061- A woman who has been divorced three times by her husband, becomes haram to her husband. However, if she marries another man with all the conditions which will be mentioned under the rules pertaining to ‘divorce’, and then gets divorced, she can marry her first husband again.

Issue No. 2062- A woman with whom permanent marriage is contracted, should not as an obligatory precaution, go out of the house without the permission of her husband, or to choose a job outside the house (whether it is a verbal permission or it is clear from the contexts that he consents to it), and she should not prevent him from having sexual intercourse with her without a religiously valid excuse. It is also obligatory upon the husband to provide her with food, clothes and housing and other essential things as usual, and also medical expenses, medicines, etc., and if he does not provide the foresaid accommodations and provisions, regardless of whether he is able to provide them or not, he remains, indebted to the wife.

Issue No. 2062- A woman with whom permanent marriage is contracted, should not as an obligatory precaution, go out of the house without the permission of her husband, or to choose a job outside the house (whether it is a verbal permission or it is clear from the contexts that he consents to it), and she should not prevent him from having sexual intercourse with her without a religiously valid excuse. It is also obligatory upon the husband to provide her with food, clothes and housing and other essential things as usual, and also medical expenses, medicines, etc., and if he does not provide the foresaid accommodations and provisions, regardless of whether he is able to provide them or not, he remains, indebted to the wife.

Issue No. 2062- A woman with whom permanent marriage is contracted, should not as an obligatory precaution, go out of the house without the permission of her husband, or to choose a job outside the house (whether it is a verbal permission or it is clear from the contexts that he consents to it), and she should not prevent him from having sexual intercourse with her without a religiously valid excuse. It is also obligatory upon the husband to provide her with food, clothes and housing and other essential things as usual, and also medical expenses, medicines, etc., and if he does not provide the foresaid accommodations and provisions, regardless of whether he is able to provide them or not, he remains, indebted to the wife.

Issue No. 2064- A wife is not bound to provide household services, to cook, clean or wash, etc. unless she does so on her own willingness; if the husband compels her to do so, the wife may claim wages in return.

Issue No. 2065- If the wife asks the husband for maintenance and he does not provide her, she can draw her daily expenses from his property every day without his permission, and the obligatory precaution is that she should do so with the permission of the Mujtahid. In case however, she has no choice but to earn her livelihood, it will not be obligatory upon her to obey her husband while she is engaged in earning her livelihood.

Issue No. 2066- A man has no right to abandon his permanent wife in a way that she can neither be regarded as a woman with a husband, nor as a woman without a husband, however, it is not obligatory that out of every four nights a man should spend one night with his permanent wife. However in case he has more than one wife, justice should be observed among them with regard to staying over at their homes, details of which can be found in detailed books of jurisprudence.

Issue No. 2067- A man cannot abandon having sexual intercourse with his permanent wife for more than four months, rather, if the wife is young, and there is this fear that during this period she might fall into sin, the obligatory precaution is that he must act in a way that she does not fall into sins.

Issue No. 2068- It is not obligatory to fix a sum of mahr in permanent marriage, and the marriage contract without it is in order. However, if the husband has sexual intercourse with the wife later, he should pay her mahr in accordance with the mahr usually paid to women of her status.