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Mahr is the right of a woman, Muslim or Christian.

It is an issue of agreement between the parties. The father demands an amount and the groom to be either accepts or negotiates.

There isn’t anything in the Sunnah limiting the dowry to an amount of money. It depends on the country and the person paying that money. In the Gulf, 15,000 is average or a bit below average. The groom has to pay for everything such as the house and furnishing it. Therefore, it is OK to […]

If she forgives her husband from the mahar, when she files for divorce, the husband may ask for some money but not for the mahar as he had received it. He may ask for some compensation. He shouldn’t ask for the gifts or for what he had spent on his wife but he may ask […]

If the marriage contract was done but the dowry or mahar was not paid, this doesn’t affect the marriage as it is a debt with the husband. They are legally married and he can be with her in her parents’ house.

There isn’t anything as such to my knowledge. The dowry should be as the norm in your community. It shouldn’t be a lot and it shouldn’t also be too little as the woman should benefit from it.

The woman can ask before the marriage, whatever she wants as her Mahr. The man has the right to accept and continue with the marriage or refuse and leave.