Islamic marriage advice and family advice

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Not Happy In Marriage

I feel myself giving up and hitting rock bottom to the lowest. I don’t know what to do. I feel helpless and feel like I have no options left except the thoughts in my head now….

Forced marriage and marital rape

I am going through physical, mental and sexual abuse every day. My parents ask me to compromise for family’s reputation and honour. But I feel like I’m dying slowly here…

I was forced into an engagement by blackmailing…

I don’t want this, I never agreed to it even and they simply forced me into it… Now engagement is done and I am in a bad condition and on medication in hospital due to heavy depression and stress.

Tribal Laws Marrying Brother’s Widow

Tribal law says that, because children are involved, my fiancé must marry his brother’s widow…

Feeling lost and worthless

What do I do? Do I tell his mother I was intimate with her son? That I cannot marry someone else now as it would mean problem for my family honor too? That her son loves me very much and I make him happy but he is afraid to tell her that?

Will I be forgiven by my husband for the sin of intimacy with my lover before marriage?

If this marriage is stopped… then my parents can’t bear that shame. I sacrificed my love for the sake of my parents reputation and happiness. I dont want that to go in vain.

Is nikah valid if the girl is not willing by heart?

My parents did my engagement with my cousin. I refused them even at engagement that I don’t like that person but they insisted. Now my marriage date is fixed. I want to know that will this nikah be valid?

Being forced to marry but I love someone else

My parents have beaten me, threatened to disown me or send me back to our home country… My father even said he would divorce my mother if I don’t agree.

Engagement, Do I have a say in it or not?

I did not agree to be engaged. However my parents did not listen, and did get me engaged to him. They said that if I broke the engagement, I will ruin our family honor. My dad told me I had no say in this and that I have to do what they say.