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He is honestly not in my heart at all, as my parents forced me

My mental health is not in the right place, and as a result, I’m also now struggling with my Iman.

My parents want me to marry a psychologically abusive man

I have told my parents everything about the guy I like, but they are forcing me to marry another.

Forced to marry my first cousin, but I loved another man

Every single day ends with fighting and arguments, because we both married for our parents’ happiness rather than our own.

I was forced to marry my cousin, who’s been absent since!

My husband has been away for as long as I’ve been married to him, and this marriage wasn’t even my idea. I feel stuck.

Parents forced our marriage but I haven’t seen him for four years!

My parents keep saying things like “What are people going to say about us?”

I found true love after Nikah with another. Can I divorce?

While engaged to the man I was forced to by my parents, I met a man that I love at University. My fiance is so rude to me and only likes my body…not who I am as a person. Is it ok if I get divorced and remarry?

Arguing mother is near impossible to live with

My mother is making living with her an ordeal, when all I wanted to do was help

I regret my decision to quell my parents’ insecurities and marry

My parents pressured me into marrying a man from America, but I am just not feeling it. He is boring and I see more of his flaws with every day that passes.

Having dark thoughts since forced engagement

It started when my mother agreed to a proposal on my behalf without my consent. I wasn’t raised to expect such things: to expect that my wishes could be overlooked.

My mother is upset because I won’t marry my cousin

My mother tried to force me to marry an Afghan female cousin back home, but isn’t that against the teachings of Islam on more than one count?