Marriage Matters

Question As-Salamu `Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh (May Allah's Peace, Mercy, and Blessings be upon you!) I got married one and a half years ago, and my husband is magnificent by all means -may Allah protect him- and it is enough to say: If half of the people had been like him, the entire society would have been in good condition. However, his problem is congregational Salah. After marriage, he started to abandon Salah in the masjid sometimes and would offer Salah in the masjid other times when I exhorted him to do so. He said to me 'Do not insist on mentioning that [...]

Question As-Salamu `Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh (May Allah's Peace, Mercy, and Blessings be upon you!) I'm 26, I got divorced three years ago, and I have two children who live with me. A young man proposed to me but he lives and works abroad in an Arab country and he wants to marry me and take me with him. He allows me to keep my children, but the father of my children does not accept that. In this case, I shall keep the children with my mother and get back to them every 6 months to stay with them two months then [...]

Question As-Salamu `Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh (May Allah's Peace, Mercy, and Blessings be upon you!) I am a married woman who lives in a remote area away from my family. There are no neighbors or friends around, therefore I feel very bored which affects my life and affects the way I deal with my husband. I always ask my husband to help me establish social relationships with the wives of his colleagues, but unfortunately, he does not care. I do not know what to do, for I have fed up and my husband always goes out with his friends. I have tried to complete my study, but [...]

Question As-Salamu `Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh (May Allah's Peace, Mercy, and Blessings be upon you!) I got married 5 years ago, and I have a four-year-old child. I live with my husband abroad for study. My husband and I are of similar age and we have the same interests. I love my husband very much and trust him, for he is a kind-hearted man. But I feel he is not mature because of his behavior with me and his attitude with his friends. For example, he's always out of the house and I only sit with him two hours a day. He is very social. He [...]

Question As-Salamu `Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh (May Allah's Peace, Mercy, and Blessings be upon you!) I just finished my study this year and I'm in love with a girl who is one year younger than I am. I promised her that I would marry her after I finish my military service and start work, which is just a matter of time. I did not tell my family about the matter because I am newly graduated. And I don't know my military status yet and I am afraid it will be said to me, 'you are still too young.' She called me recently because her father wants to give her [...]

Question As-salamu warahmatullah wabarakatuh (May Allah's Peace, Mercy, and Blessings be upon you!). Dear sheikh, I have been married for seven months but until now I could not be intimate with my wife despite my frequent tries which exceeded three times, but I could not. My wife does not refuse me but responds to me effectively. What is your advice? May Allah reward you the best! Answer All praise be to Allah and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah, upon his family, his Companions, and those who follow him righteously. My advice to you is to treat yourself psychologically and spiritually in the [...]