Confirmed Public Prices
Only the fees formally confirmed below are published. Other service fees are explained after the correct route has been identified.
General Service Fees
Initial Discussion
A brief fit call to confirm suitability and the appropriate next step. It does not include counselling or advice.
Couples Counselling
Always three Zoom sessions, booked as one block: time with each spouse, then a joint session.
Consultation Initial Assessment
A paid, confidential first consultation for any initial matter: Khulu’, Faskh, marital advice or general questions. Where relevant, it can lead on to a published Fatwa tier.
Ruqyah Initial Consultation
Private 30-minute telephone consultation, booked and paid in one step.
Full Ruqyah Session
In person or over a Zoom video call. Arranged only if appropriate after the initial consultation. Premises visits add return-journey travel from NE1 5JE at £0.75 per mile — there and back.
Child Certificate of Faith
For school or educational administrative purposes only. Non-school applications use the £250 standard route. Valid for one year from the date of issue.
Adult Certificate of Faith
For Marriage, Nikah or Talaq. The same £250 standard route also applies to non-school certificate requests. Valid for one year from the date of issue.
Certificate of Talaq
PDF certificate after document verification and a video call with the husband and two witnesses. ISCN-provided witnesses are £50 each if needed. Optional FCDO Apostille is +£150 and can take up to 3 weeks. ISCN does not offer embassy certification.
Standard Nikah
The same £350 fee for an in-person, hybrid or fully online ceremony. ISCN-provided witnesses are £50 each. The calculated fee is paid with the application.
Nikah Additions
- Standard Nikah is £350 in person, hybrid or fully online. The venue and the distance do not change that fee.
- ISCN-provided witnesses are £50 each: £350 with none, £400 with one and £450 with two.
- A straightforward revert Wali request has no automatic extra fee. A complicated Wali assessment is £250 only if confirmed after review, and may be waived.
- Notarisation: +£75. Same-day Nikah premium: +£150. Fast tracking for a Nikah needed within 3 days: +£100. All are optional and counted in the Nikah total when selected.
- Optional FCDO Apostille: +£150 and can take up to 3 weeks. ISCN does not offer embassy certification.
Islamic Divorce Routes and Fees
The correct route is confirmed after an initial review. Published fees and any service-specific terms are shown below.
Khulu’
£500, including up to 3 hours of casework.
A wife-initiated release with its own religious conditions and process.
Talaq
Certificate of Talaq is £200. ISCN-provided witnesses are £50 each.
The husband confirms Talaq through the Certificate of Talaq. The fee is £200.
Faskh (Annulment)
Priority handling (optional): +£250, paid separately by a link we email you. It speeds up handling, not the outcome.
An adjudication application seeking dissolution where valid grounds must be established.
Before You Pay
Faskh fee: the Faskh application fee is £750. It is one fee for the complete application and adjudication process and is not divided into separate casework credits or internal charges. You may still choose to pay that one fee in instalments (see below); the service itself remains a single adjudication.
Outcome: fees pay for assessment and casework; they do not guarantee a ruling, certificate or particular outcome.
Additional work: if further work or cost is required beyond the published starting total, it will be explained before proceeding.
Civil position: these are religious processes and do not replace a UK civil divorce or independent legal advice.
Cancellation: the general cancellation and refund policy applies. Where work has already begun at the applicant’s request, ISCN may retain the reasonable fee for completed work and refund any remaining balance.
Consultation Initial Assessment — £50
Start with the £50 Consultation Initial Assessment for any initial consultancy, including Khulu’, Faskh, marital advice or general questions. The Council reviews your question, circumstances and any supporting information, then advises on the suitable next step. Where your question needs formal scholarly review, it may recommend a published Fatwa tier; you can also apply for a published tier directly. The assessment is not itself a Fatwa.
The £50 Consultation Initial Assessment is a separate professional service and is not deducted from any later fee, including a Fatwa tier fee.
Apply for a Fatwa Start Consultation Initial Assessment — £50
Consultation Initial Assessment
Paid, confidential first consultation for any initial matter. Where relevant, it can lead on to a published Fatwa tier.
- Separate professional service
- Not deducted from any later fee
- Not itself a Fatwa
Straightforward Enquiry
Brief clarification for a straightforward Islamic question.
- Up to 30 minutes
- Written response or short advisory note
- Within 5 working days
Express Consultation
Concise Islamic guidance on a minor matter.
- Up to 1 hour
- One-page advisory letter
- Within 10 working days
Detailed Consultation
Structured Islamic guidance for a moderately complex matter.
- Up to 2 hours
- Concise advisory report
- Within 15 working days
In-Depth Fatwa Consultation
Research and deliberation for a sensitive or high-impact matter.
- Up to 5 hours
- Thorough Fatwa report with references
- Within 21 working days
Priority Fatwa Review
Accelerated scholarly research and written review for an emergency or exceptional matter. This is not a same-day appointment, emergency response or safeguarding service.
- Priority scholarly review
- Fast-tracked Fatwa report
- Within 3–5 working days, or as agreed
Tiers increase with complexity, evidence, research, scholarly consideration, urgency and the number of issues involved. Delivery periods begin after the required information and the relevant Fatwa fee have been received. A timeframe may be adjusted where further evidence, specialist input or clarification is required. Genuinely exceptional matters may still be quoted separately; the standard system recognises all five Fatwa tiers above.
ISCN International Service
Personally handled by the Head of the Council
+£295
A flat £295 on top of the standard service fee. Your case is handled personally by Sheikh Richard MacLeod, Head of the Council.
Who it is for
Applicants who live outside the UK. We go by the country where you live, not your nationality. UK residents may choose it too. For UK residents it is optional and the same £295 on top of the standard service fee.
How to add it
Tick “Add the ISCN International Service” on the Nikah, Khulu’, Faskh, Certificate of Talaq or Adult Certificate of Faith application form, before payment. It appears as a separate £295 line on the secure Stripe payment page.
What is included
- Personal handling by Sheikh Richard MacLeod, Head of the Council, as your single point of contact
- Video sessions at times that suit your time zone
- Priority handling: a reply within one working day, ahead of standard UK cases
- A cross-border check at the start of your case (information, not legal advice)
- A bilingual English and Arabic certificate
- Coordination when the other party or the wali lives abroad
- A written update at every stage
Not included (charged separately)
- FCDO legalisation or apostille: +£150
- Notarisation: +£75
- International delivery by DHL: +£75
- Posted hard copy: +£50
- Faskh fast track: +£250, on assessment
ISCN certificates are religious documents; recognition in another country depends on that country's law.
The cross-border check gives information only and is not legal advice.
You can email documents, including ID or passport, to salam@theislamicshariacouncil.org.uk, quoting your reference. Please do not send documents by WhatsApp.
Pay in instalments
On Nikah, Khulu’, Faskh, Certificate of Talaq and Adult Certificate of Faith applications you may choose to pay the service fee in 2 or 3 instalments.
- Payment 1 is taken when you apply, through the normal checkout.
- Payment 2 is due 30 days later; payment 3 (if chosen) is due 60 days after the first payment.
- Optional extras (posted hard copy +£50, DHL +£75, and similar) are paid in full with the first payment.
- The ISCN International Service (+£295) and Faskh priority handling cannot be combined with instalments.
- Your certificate is not issued until the balance is paid in full.
The application form shows your schedule (amounts and due dates) before you pay. Later instalments are collected through a secure link on this site that opens a fresh Stripe Checkout Session for that payment — not a public price list.
You can email documents, including ID or passport, to salam@theislamicshariacouncil.org.uk, quoting your reference. Please do not send documents by WhatsApp.
Optional Certificate Services
- Nikah fast track: +£100 for a Nikah needed within 3 days, chosen on the Nikah application form and paid online.
- Urgent 24-hour service: +£75 for Adult and Child (school) Certificates of Faith and the Certificate of Talaq (for the Certificate of Talaq this is the fast track), chosen on the application form and paid online.
- Posted hard copy of a Certificate of Faith or Certificate of Talaq: +£50. The certificate is issued as a PDF sent by email as standard.
- Notarisation (+£75) applies to Nikah certificates only.
- FCDO Apostille: +£150 for international use only; can take up to 3 weeks. ISCN does not offer embassy certification.
- International delivery by DHL: +£75, only with a posted hard copy, for an address outside the UK (£50 + £75 = £125 in total).
Standard processing is 7 working days. ISCN issues Certificates of Faith as a PDF sent by email as standard. A posted hard copy (+£50, UK postage included), international delivery by DHL (+£75, only with the hard copy) and the urgent 24-hour service (+£75) are optional extras, chosen on the application form and paid online.
Core Fees, Cancellation and Refund Policy
This policy applies to all paid ISCN services, applications, appointments, packages and optional additions unless a service-specific schedule below states otherwise. A service-specific schedule supplements this policy and does not remove any statutory rights.
Core Policy
What the Fee Covers
Fees pay for the service, administration, reserved professional time, assessment, correspondence and any case-specific work described before payment. Payment does not guarantee a religious ruling, certificate, report, appointment outcome or any particular decision.
Statutory Cancellation Rights
Nothing in this policy affects your statutory rights. Where the law provides a cancellation period for a service purchased online or at a distance:
- cancellation before the service begins will receive the refund required by law;
- ISCN will begin work during that period only where you have expressly requested an early start;
- if you then cancel, ISCN may deduct only a reasonable and proportionate amount for work already completed; and
- where the service has been completed in full following your express request and acknowledgement, the statutory cancellation right may no longer apply.
Before Work Begins
Outside any greater statutory entitlement, where ISCN has not begun substantive work, reserved an appointment or incurred a non-recoverable third-party cost, you will receive a full refund. Any deduction must relate to work actually completed or a cost actually incurred, and ISCN will explain the calculation in writing.
After Work Begins
Where substantive work has begun, ISCN will refund the unused balance after deducting the reasonable and proportionate value of work already completed, professional time already delivered or properly reserved under the relevant service schedule, and any disclosed non-recoverable third-party costs already incurred.
Completed Services
A service that has been fully delivered is not normally refundable. This includes a completed appointment, ceremony, report, decision or issued certificate. This does not affect your rights where a service was not provided with reasonable care and skill, was materially misdescribed or was not delivered as agreed.
Cancellation by ISCN
If ISCN cancels and cannot provide a suitable replacement, you will receive a full refund for the affected undelivered service. Any urgent or short-notice premium will be refunded if ISCN cannot provide the urgent service.
Third-Party Costs and Optional Additions
Charges for venues, travel, witnesses, legalisation, notarisation, postage, couriers or other third-party services are refundable until ISCN becomes committed to the cost. Once a third-party charge becomes non-recoverable, ISCN may deduct the amount actually incurred and will explain the reason in writing.
Appointments and Consultations
- Where no greater statutory right applies, a scheduled appointment cancelled at least 48 hours before its start is eligible for a refund of the unused appointment fee.
- Cancellations made less than 48 hours before the appointment, and missed appointments, are not normally refundable because the professional time has been reserved.
- A completed appointment is not refundable, subject to your statutory rights.
- If ISCN cancels, you will be offered a suitable replacement or a full refund for the affected appointment.
Multi-Session Packages
Unless different terms were confirmed before payment, any undelivered part of a package will be refunded after deducting the reasonable value of sessions already delivered, properly reserved sessions and any case-specific work already completed. A session cancelled within three days is normally eligible for a 50% refund of that session fee; a session cancelled within 24 hours is not normally refundable.
Nikah and Scheduled Ceremonies
- If cancellation follows application processing but takes place before the welcome meeting, the service fee is refunded less the £50 administration fee.
- If either party cancels after the welcome meeting, the remaining fee is refunded less the £50 consultation fee.
- No refund is normally available when cancellation occurs within 48 hours of the scheduled Nikah because the ceremony time has been reserved.
- Non-recoverable venue, travel or third-party costs may also be deducted where they have already been incurred.
Adjudication and Casework
This schedule applies to Khulu’, Faskh, harm-based divorce and other casework services. If no substantive work has started and no non-recoverable cost has been incurred, the full fee is refundable. Once work begins, any refund is the unused balance after a reasonable and proportionate deduction for work completed and costs incurred.
Substantive work includes reviewing an application, statement, document or evidence; preparing or issuing a notice; contacting a spouse or relevant party; arranging or conducting a case meeting; preparing case notes or a chronology; referring the matter for scholarly, specialist or Board consideration; or preparing a decision, report or certificate. An automated acknowledgement, payment verification or creation of a case reference alone does not constitute substantive work.
No refund is normally available after the case is completed or a final decision, report or certificate is issued, subject always to statutory rights.
Certificates and Legalisation
If verification, drafting or production has not begun and no third-party cost has been incurred, the full fee is refundable. Once work begins, ISCN may deduct the reasonable value of completed work. Notarisation, legalisation, apostille, postage and courier charges remain refundable only until ISCN becomes committed to those costs. An issued certificate is not normally refundable, subject to statutory rights and correction of any error attributable to ISCN.
Research, Fatwa and Written Reports
If research, review or drafting has not begun and no non-recoverable cost has been incurred, the full fee is refundable. Once work begins, ISCN will deduct the reasonable and proportionate value of research, review, consultation, specialist input and drafting already completed. A completed and delivered report or written opinion is not normally refundable, subject to statutory rights.
Donations
A genuine donation is not payment for a service and does not purchase priority, casework or a particular outcome. If a payment was made in error or was wrongly described as a donation, contact ISCN promptly so the circumstances can be reviewed.
How to Cancel, Reschedule or Request a Refund
Notify ISCN clearly by email at salam@theislamicshariacouncil.org.uk or by message to the authorised ISCN WhatsApp number, 07732 155115. Include your name, service and case or booking reference. The time your message is received is used to calculate the notice period.
ISCN will review the relevant booking, payment and case activity and explain in writing whether work had begun, what had been completed or reserved, any third-party cost incurred, the amount deducted and the amount being refunded. Statutory refunds will be processed within the legally required period. Other approved refunds will normally be returned to the original payment method within 14 calendar days of the decision.
This policy does not affect any statutory rights or remedies available to you.
Fees for inheritance, matchmaking, guardianship and any service not listed above are confirmed after the required route has been identified.
Optional Arabic translation — £30 per certificate. Where ISCN issues a religious certificate through this route, you may request an Arabic translation for an additional £30 for each certificate. This is a translation of the religious certificate. It is not a UK certified translation and does not create civil status, official recognition or guaranteed acceptance.
Confirmed extra payments
These Stripe Payment Links are only for extras ISCN has already agreed. Core applications still use Checkout after the form is saved.
Use this Payment Link only after ISCN has confirmed this extra in writing. It does not replace the main application fee.
Only for a same-day Nikah premium ISCN has already agreed outside a new application. On a new Nikah application, select the £150 option in the form so it is included in the Nikah total — do not use this link to pay that premium again.
Use this Payment Link only after ISCN has confirmed this extra in writing. It does not replace the main application fee.
Assessment and additional casework — £50–£1,500 as confirmed in writing
Use this Payment Link only after ISCN has confirmed this extra in writing. It does not replace the main application fee.