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Marriage: Guardianship of Women and Minors

Ayatollah Sistani's ruling on paternal guardianship:. Fatwa posted 4.22.2010 , from Iraq

Ayatollah Sistani affirming paternal guardianship over an unmarried woman:. Fatwa posted 4.22.2010 , from Iraq

On the Requirement of a Virgin Lady's Guardian's Permission to Contract Marriage:. Fatwa posted 4.22.2010 , from Iran

Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi prohibiting the marriage of minors:. Fatwa posted 4.22.2010 , from Iran

Ayatollah Noori-Hamedani rules on the temporary marriage (muta) of a virgin woman. Fatwa posted 4.22.2010 , from Iran

On the recently-ratified Shi'as' Personal Status Law of Afghanistan and its contradiction with women's rights and freedoms. Fatwa posted 4.22.2010 , from Afghanistan

Select articles in the new Shi'as' Personal Status Law of Afghanistan (promulgated on July 27, 2009):. Fatwa posted 4.22.2010 , from Afghanistan

Fadallah of Lebanon comments on the Islamic marriage rights of adult women. Fatwa posted 4.22.2010 , from Lebanon

Mufti Ali Gomaa answers: What is the ruling on women working or studying when her guardian (her father, her brother, or her husband) opposes it?. Fatwa posted 4.22.2010 , from Egypt

Ayatollah Fadlallah responds to the situation: A girl has lost her virginity as result of an accident. Given the social culture and the value it puts on virginity, may she resort a surgery to become virgin again?. Fatwa posted 4.22.2010 , from Lebanon