ANSWER:

Of course this is haram and he is sinful, as this is the wife’s property and he cannot demand it or take it back without her consent. He is like a dog that vomits and then goes back and eat its vomit. 

If a man’s parents give gold (as mahr) to his wife on his behalf at the time of marriage and the man later demands and takes back some of that gold from his wife, would it be haraam?

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