Category: <span>Syariah & Muslim Law</span>

Muslim marriage, divorce and inheritance under the Administration of Muslim Law Act and the Syariah Court.

What it takes to relocate a child overseas after a Muslim divorce: hadhanah and welfare, consent or the Syariah Court's permission, and…

What to do when a Syariah Court order is ignored: the enforcement avenues, the role of the civil courts, dealing with arrears,…

What a wasiat is, the general one-third position, how hibah and nuzriah relate to it, and how CPF and jointly held property…

What the taklik is, how the standard conditions operate, why it matters to a wife, and how it differs from a civil…

An appeal is not a second run at the whole case. What the Appeal Board does, how little time you have, and…

The Syariah Court and the Family Justice Courts each have their territory, but several matters engage both. Where the lines fall, and…

The wali is the bride's marriage guardian. Who fills that role, what happens when he is absent or withholds consent, and how…

A plain walkthrough of how a divorce case moves through the Syariah Court, what happens at each stage, and what you should…

Conversion to Islam during a subsisting civil marriage raises questions about which court hears a later divorce, how children are brought up,…

How custody of children is decided in the Syariah Court, the presumptions about mothers and young children, access, and how it compares…