Retrieving the bridal gift when the fiancée is left
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This man also says: A man paid the bridal gift to a woman and saw her with the permissible look. He says: Then he withdrew and left that woman because he had no desire for her. Is he allowed to retrieve this bridal gift?
Answer:
If he had contracted the marriage with her, he is entitled to half; he retrieves half. If he had not contracted the marriage with her, he may take it all; she has no claim to it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This man also says: A man paid the bridal gift to a woman and saw her with the permissible look. He says: Then he withdrew and left that woman because he had no desire for her. Is he allowed to retrieve this bridal gift?
Answer:
If he had contracted the marriage with her, he is entitled to half; he retrieves half. If he had not contracted the marriage with her, he may take it all; she has no claim to it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 81 من 83 / شرح مختصر زاد المعاد / هديه في أقضيته / صالح الفوزان / السيرة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:10:07)
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