Dowry

QUESTION: We have no home.we plan to sell gold of my wife & my mom to buy a home along with few money from me and dad.My wife is willingly ready to give her mahr for this purpose.Ive not forced her although ive proposed this idea to her & she is 100% willing as home is better then having gold. Am i wrong to take it if she fully agrees to it?

Dowry, Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses

20 Aug

ANSWER: You must either write a document stating how much gold she gave which is a debt upon you to her if you were to divorce or die or you write in the deed that she owns 20% for example of the house so that her rights won’t be wasted.

QUESTION: She’s 38. Still no suitor comes bt with demand of dowry from her dad. As it’s a norm in the subcontinent, hardly any suitor would reject such dowry. Parents ready 2 give bt she refuses so they give her emotional&mental hits as they r worried for her life after they pass away. What should she do?

Dowry, Fiqh of Marriage

14 Aug

ANSWER: If there is no other way than to give dowry, it is permissible to do so due to necessity

QUESTION: My mehr is hajj + PKR 200,000. My ex-husband gave divorce last month. In-laws gave the 200,000 but said hajj doesn’t count. They are not paying hajj trip expenses and bullying me to return the gold they gave me on wedding as a gift. The Pakistani institute is not helping with fatwa of hajj as mehr. Can you please give me a fatwa which can help me secure my rights?

Divorce, Dowry, Fiqh of Marriage

06 Aug

ANSWER: You must not return the gold you had received as a gift as they don’t have any right in it and they would be like a dog which vomited and now eating its vomit as described by our prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam. He is obliged to give you the cost of the […]

QUESTION: Is maher mokadam and maher moakhar a bidah? like is there just supposed to be maher without splitting it?

Dowry

26 Jul

ANSWER: This is something people can agree to do, whether to pay it full in advance or to pay it full when they get married, or to consider it a debt to be paid later on or to divide it at the time of marriage and to be paid later on, which the vast majority […]

QUESTION: The groom has refused dowry, but the bride’s family insists on gifting items out of love as she’s their only daughter. They ask the groom to buy what he can, and they’ll cover anything missing. If it’s not demanded and given willingly as a gift, it’s allowed for the groom to accept it, as long as there’s no pressure or obligation. Intent matters in Islam.

Dowry, Fiqh of Marriage

14 Jul

ANSWER: The parents are allowed to give their daughter whatever gift they would like. Any man with dignity would refuse such dowry coming in his name. He must insist that these items belong to his wife and not to him.

QUESTION: If father dies without paying mother’s mahr, will the children have to pay it on his behalf? If yes, what should be the amount?

Dowry, Fiqh of Marriage, Inheritance

10 Jun

ANSWER: Yes, it’s a debt on him & this mahr amount (which was fixed at the time of their nikah) must be given to your mum from his inheritance

QUESTION: I’m 25, an Eng(getting lot of good proposals) UG. But I not interest in engineering. I’ll change my job soon. My parents cry a lot as I say no for engagements now.They not expecting anything but girl’s dad offer house,land,car, food. Am sinful for denying proposals until I build some wealth for me & parents

Dowry

26 May

ANSWER: No, you are not wrong. You should be independent enough to take the responsibility of your partner after marriage rather than depending on the gifts from bride’s side or accepting such haram dowry.

QUESTION: My parents are currently looking best partner for me, I’m 26 years old women. An alliance came and mentioned the below conditions such as after marriage that I must go to a job and my salary was used for household and his salary is for savings only. Then his family asks about the dowry things also. What should we do?

Dowry

10 Oct

ANSWER: Reject the proposal and find a REAL MAN to marry and not a gold digger!

QUESTION: My husband Alhamdulilla provide everything he can but sometimes he in the name of gift demands dowry. Like tell your parents to gift you/Us this from there side. My parents are not financially good they can’t give they try there best. And when they do give something because i convince them my husband says it’s cheap. Also my husband expects my parents to pay for my studies. What should I do ?

Dowry

03 Oct

ANSWER: Only a male who’s not a real man would ask dowry from his wife!! You must not ask your parents for anything nor burden them with such demands that no one appreciates.

QUESTION: In india , a video showed a groom stating during his nikha ceremony that he is adding a share of his lifelong salah (islamic prayers) to girl’s name as additional mehar(dowry), stipulating that this commitment would only end upon his death. The question arises weather this practice is permissible in islam.

Dowry, Prayer

26 Jul

ANSWER: This is totally wrong and has no value as nobody gets the reward of someone else’s prayers like this!

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