Islamic marriage advice and family advice

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Should I choose my new love interest or honor my commitment?

Is it pre-wedding jitters or a close call of gut instinct? A silly epiphany or a life-changing decision from satan or Allah?

My wife is mentally ill, but I didnt know till after marriage

I got married in sept 2011. Since then my spouse behaved in different ways .I got lost to find her madness like actions. I tried my best to advice her to mend her behavior so that we can live a happy married life which will lead to our bright future but all in vain .When referred to her parents they were also advising her to behave properly and apologizing us for her rude and rough behavior .

My dead father is haunting me

I am writing to you for help with one of life’s problems. I am a recent convert to Islam and I am ashamed to ask my local Imam for help. I was an only child and I lived with both my parents, while my mother wanted me and demonstrated this through love and attention, my father was a different story (he died nearly 20 years ago).

Despairing of my life and future, in fear of losing my deen

I belong to middle class family, I am single and I am studying in university. I have problem regarding social phobia. Means I feel very hesitate and nervous in crowd and people. Because of this since my childhood I never had any relationship although I am straight, 5,5″ height and average looking and normaly build. But because I had issues in past with my family since my fathers death and since then I have been struggling.

Problems with emotionally troubled husband

We had the katb ktab coz it was needed for his immigration application, and although i knew i was unhappy i let it be. After this told me that it was ok for us to go to hotel and have intercourse because we were legally married. I didn’t want to but he had spoken to a sheikh and said it was legal. i didn’t want to do anything without my family knowing about it, (this katb ktab was only for immigration sake, the wedding was to be held overseas in the presence of his family..). I went along because he was really intimidating me.