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Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Opinions of Islamic scholars on the issue of
misyār marriage, in which the
husband has no financial responsibilities for his wife.
Date of source: Friday, April 28, 2006
Zaynab
‘Abd al-Ilāh, author of the article, sheds light upon how the
two newly-innovated types of
marriages, friend and Misyār marriage, have met with controversial
views from Islamic clerics.
Date of source: Saturday, April 22, 2006 to Friday, April 28, 2006
A fatwa allows couples to get married and waives the
husband’s responsibility
to shoulder household expenses.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Despite
being accepted in the Islamic sharī‘a,
the misyār marriage, in which the
husband and wife do not live together, has always been a
subject of heated controversy among Muslim
scholars.
Date of source: Monday, December 8, 2003
The Mufti of Egypt issued a fatwa to the effect that wives are entitled to be paid for breast-feeding their children and serving their husbands. The author believes it is not acceptable that Muslim scholars neglect essential and important issues and focus on issues of secondary importance that do...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 30, 2003
The article presents the different views of Azhar scholars on the fatwa of friend marriage that was issued by sheikh Abdel Magid Al-Zindani.
Date of source: Friday, July 15, 2005
The Misyār marriage is an Islamic marriage that has emerged as life circumstances have changed. Dr. Muhammad al-Mukhtār al-Mahdī, a professor at the Azhar University [discipline not mentioned], says that “linguistically speaking, the Misyār means ’to drop by’.”
Date of source: Saturday, January 21, 2006
In his interview with Shaykh ‘Alī Jum‘a, the muftī of Egypt, the author of the article asks about fatwas and those qualified to issue them.
Date of source: Saturday, January 21, 2006
The author of the article cites a few examples of the fatwas that have resulted in controversy amongst Muslims.
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2005
The historical facts state that unlimited polygamy was the rule since ancient times. The concept of unmarriageable persons started with mother then sisters until it reached 14 relatives in the holy Qur’ān.
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