Day Questions

I wish to marry a non-virgin girl who is divorced. She recently moved in with her parents. Is it permissible to contract temporary marriage with her without the permission of her father?

You can marry her temporarily if she is not a virgin, without the need to seek her father's permission.

Given the death of every creation is predestined, is it permissible to smoke tobacco, for example, which decreases one’s lifespan?

As long as the individual is able to refrain from what could cause his death, he should protect himself. If he did not and performed what led to his death, he will be held accountable for making such decisions. One’s pre-destined death by Almighty Allah does not make him unaccountable for such negligence towards himself, as long as he is able to prevent himself from the causes of death.

I am in London and a girl I know is in Canada, and we conducted the marriage contact over the telephone. With respect to the dower, can she give me the permission to take it back?

The dower must be stipulated in the contract and she is permitted to forgo it later.

There was a time when I had no knowledge about taharah. Must I repeat the prayers I performed during that time?

If you did not know that the wudhu was invalid because of the najasah then the prayer is correct.

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