Answered by Muftī Yūsuf Badāt Question: My wife obtained a khul’ā/ faskh (wife initiated religious divorce). We currently live in the same house. We are unable to come to a mutual settlement regarding our property division, hence our financial matter is with lawyers and Ontario courts. Our interactions in our home are minimal but irritating…
By Shaykh Yusuf Badat Question: At the time of my marriage, my husband promised a separate private accommodation. He did not provide that. I tried living with him and his family for some time, however there was no privacy. My mother in-law and sister in law would always come in my room without knocking. They…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question I am one of two wives for my husband here in Alberta. I just read on the CBC news website that the Canadian Council of Imams has issued a verdict since polygamy is illegal in Canada, my religious marriage would not be valid. Please let me know if I…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I know a husband who has been married for about seven years. For the last several years of their relationship, there have been issues. The couple have been for counseling, both individually as well as together, to both secular and spiritual counselors. The husband has already made up his…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: If a wife wants to travel abroad to help refugees, is it permissible for her to secretly take her husband’s money to pay for her and or her friend’s trip? Answer: In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Kind Thank you/ Jazāk Allāh Khayr for contacting us with…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I know of a case where a woman faked cancer for two reasons. Firstly, she did not want children in her marriage while her husband did. She faked the cancer to convince her husband that having children is difficult or potentially harmful. The other reason for faking her cancer…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is it permissible for the wife to wash her husband in ghusl (bathing) after his death for the funeral rites? What about vice versa? Answer: In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Kind Thank you/ Jazāk Allāh Khayr for your question. It is permissible for the husband or…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Verse 34 in Sūrah Al-Nisā apparently explains that men are favoured over women. According to most English translations we find the word “beating”, that is if a wife shows immoral behaviour. Please clarify the true meaning of the verse, as there are many people who seem to be very…