Protection and Safeguarding

• Is it considered an act of disobedience for a child to prevent his father from taking a second wife if the father lacks the financial means to do so?

• Is it considered an act of disobedience for a son to refuse to buy a plot of land for himself and wish to build an independent house on it, while the father insists that the son build his dwelling on top of the family home?

• Is obedience due to a mother who neglected her abusive daughter, and whom the daughter refused to communicate with after her abuse?

• How is it possible to honor a tyrannical father who caused psychological problems for his son and seeks to control him?

• What is the ruling on a wife fleeing with her son, carrying him to another country, due to the ill-treatment, corruption, and physical abuse she suffers from her husband, and was she entitled to take her children?

• Do children's verbal abuse of their mother and their fear of their father constitute hypocrisy? And what is the ruling on this act and its Shar'i guidance?

• What is the ruling on the actions of my mother who pampers my brother excessively despite his disrespect towards her, and she orders me to leave him alone, and sometimes asks me to bring him back home?

• Is it permissible to seek divorce from a husband who severely abuses the infant daughter, an abuse stemming from anger and tension, and continues to do so despite numerous attempts to dissuade him from his actions, claiming that he is disciplining her, and refuses to back down from that, while the mother fears for the child's psychological and physical well-being?

• Does the son sin by not speaking to his father who abandoned him, refused to spend on him and his sister, and wronged his mother?

• What is the ruling on what the questioner did by relaying her sisters' offensive words about their mother to the mother, and what is the ruling on the sisters' words about their mother, and should the questioner have remained silent?

• Is it advisable to endure spousal harm and insults, or to insist on divorce? What are the divorce procedures for residents in Saudi Arabia? And is it permissible for the wife to seek alternative housing if the husband threatens to expel her from the home?

• What is the ruling on shunning the father and supporting the mother if the father has wronged the mother and harmed her psychologically and physically, especially with a long history of abuse from the father and his family, and with the children's knowledge of his betrayal and its impact on the mother?

• What is the ruling regarding a wife's treatment of her husband if she does not reciprocate his feelings? And is it permissible for a husband to accuse his wife of adultery based on mere suspicion, and threaten her with divorce and marrying another, while he himself wishes to commit adultery?

• What is the ruling of Islam on child molestation, and is it considered fornication, especially if the molester is a relative, and what should the children and wife do if they become aware of this, and should the wife leave him if he claims repentance then returns to doing it, or insists that he is not doing anything unlawful?

• What is the ruling on the action of a son who argued and raised his voice at his father to prevent him from insulting or mocking the Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him? And is that considered an act of disobedience (to parents) or a duty? And how should the father be dealt with in this situation?

• What is the ruling on hastening marriage with the intention of seeking protection [from sin] and avoiding the forbidden, as opposed to taking one’s time in choosing a righteous wife, and what is the path to salvation from desires if marriage is not feasible?

• Is it considered a sin to remove the niqab after wearing it due to feeling distressed and fearing harm, especially with a child requiring care and household duties, in addition to the increasing cases of assault on women who wear the niqab?

• Do the children's suffering from marital problems that reach the point of contemplating escape and suicide constitute a valid reason for them to insist to their mother on requesting a divorce, despite her refusal due to financial and social fears? And is the children's Hajj considered acceptable and rewarded if it is accompanied by abuse and humiliation from the father? And is mentioning this suffering, when seeking advice, considered backbiting?

• What is the ruling of the religion and Sharia on the aforementioned inheritance case, and on the fraud and abuse committed therein?

• What is the ruling on removing the niqab due to hardship, difficulty breathing, and headaches resulting from wearing it, especially since the doctor recommended removing it after LASIK surgery to protect the eye?

• Is it true that the Companions used to recite Ayat al-Kursi in the corners of their homes upon entering them?

• Will a wife be sinful if she sometimes pushes her husband away because she feels a lack of dignity due to his neglect and abuse, despite her attempts to make him understand that respect is the foundation of the relationship?

• What is the ruling on a wife treating her husband harshly and unjustly, refusing to show affection, and resorting to hitting when he perceives her mistakes or when she rejects his demands that psychologically harm her, such as staying with his family who complain about her and tarnish her image, while the husband portrays her to people as mentally ill, knowing that all avenues for divorce have become difficult?

• To what extent is it lawful for a wife to demand a separate house and maintenance through the court, while preventing her husband from approaching the house and seeing his children except by sending them to him, after she left the marital home upon his informing her of his marriage to a second wife, and what is the legitimate and legal reality of this situation?