Issue No. 2037- A virgin girl should obtain permission from her father or paternal grandfather for marriage but if she is rashīdah, (i.e., she is able to decide what is in her interest) and according to the prominent figures of the girl’s family the man and woman suit one another, however, the girl’s father disagrees, then there is no need for his permission anymore. The same ruling applies if a girl had married in the past.
Issue No. 2037- A virgin girl should obtain permission from her father or paternal grandfather for marriage but if she is rashīdah, (i.e., she is able to decide what is in her interest) and according to the prominent figures of the girl’s family the man and woman suit one another, however, the girl’s father disagrees, then there is no need for his permission anymore. The same ruling applies if a girl had married in the past.
Issue No. 2038- If the man comes to know after marriage that his wife has one of the following seven defects, he can revoke the marriage:1- Insanity 2- Leprosy 3- Leucoderma 4- Blindness 5- Being crippled in a way that is evident.6- ‘Ifḍā’ means that the woman’s urinary and menstrual tract, or her menstrual passage and rectum have become one, and in general, the tear is in a way that sexual intercourse is not possible. 7- Presence of flesh, a bone, or a gland in the woman’s uterus, which may obstruct sexual intercourse.
Issue No. 2039- The woman can also revoke the marriage in the following cases:1- Insanity of the husband. 2- Having no male organ.3- Being incapable of having sexual intercourse.4- His testicles have been removed (details of this issue and the previous one can be found in detailed books of Jurisprudence).
Issue No. 2040- If either the man or woman revokes the marriage owing to one of the defects mentioned in the last two issues, divorce is not required and the revocation will be sufficient.
Issue No. 2041- If the wife revokes the marriage because of the husband’s inability to have sexual intercourse, the husband should give her half of the mahr. However, if the man or the wife revokes the marriage because of one of the other defects enumerated above, and if sexual intercourse has not taken place, the husband will not be liable for anything. In case, however, he has had sexual intercourse with her, he should pay her full mahr as an obligatory precaution.
Issue No. 2042- Matrimonial relation is haram with women who are one’s maḥram, for instance, the mother, daughter, sister, paternal aunt, maternal aunt, niece (one’s brother’s or sister’s daughter), wife of one’s father, daughter of one’s wife and mother-in-law, details of which will come in the following issues.
Issue No. 2043- If a man marries a woman, even if he may not have had sexual intercourse with her, her mother, her mother’s mother, her father’s mother and all the women as the line ascends are his maḥram. However, the daughter of one’s wife, and the grand daughters of that woman (daughters of daughters or sons) will become haram to that man if he has had sexual intercourse with her.
Issue No. 2043- If a man marries a woman, even if he may not have had sexual intercourse with her, her mother, her mother’s mother, her father’s mother and all the women as the line ascends are his maḥram. However, the daughter of one’s wife, and the grand daughters of that woman (daughters of daughters or sons) will become haram to that man if he has had sexual intercourse with her.
Issue No. 2044- The paternal and maternal aunt of a man and the paternal and maternal aunt of his father and the paternal and maternal aunt of his paternal grandfather and the paternal and maternal aunt of his mother, and the paternal and maternal aunt of his maternal grandmother, as the line ascends, are all his maḥram.
Issue No. 2044- The paternal and maternal aunt of a man and the paternal and maternal aunt of his father and the paternal and maternal aunt of his paternal grandfather and the paternal and maternal aunt of his mother, and the paternal and maternal aunt of his maternal grandmother, as the line ascends, are all his maḥram.
Issue No. 2045- The husband’s father and his grandfather, as far as the line continues, and the husband’s sons and grandsons, as far as the line descends, whether they existed at the time of her marriage or were born afterwards, are all maḥram to her.
