If a husband marries a woman and dies before consummating the marriage, does she receive the mahr?

The questioner : Shaykh Muhammad, yes. Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.

The Shaykh : Peace, and the mercy and blessings of Allah, be upon you.

The questioner : Honorable Shaykh, I have a question regarding the ruling on a woman whose husband died without having married her,

The Shaykh : without having married her.

The questioner : without having married her. So, do the husband’s relatives have a share of the mahr that they paid?

The Shaykh : How do you say her husband died without having married her?

The questioner : I mean, he did not consummate the marriage with her.

The Shaykh : Yes, if he died.

The questioner : By Allah, he did not consummate the marriage with her.

The Shaykh : Do you understand? Yes. The full mahr.

The questioner : They have no share of it.

The Shaykh : They have no share.

The questioner : For example, half of it.

The Shaykh : I tell her: the full mahr, she has the inheritance, and she must observe the waiting period.

The questioner : Now, if this husband has a blood money debt, blood money for a killing. Honorable Shaykh.

The Shaykh : It is paid by his kin; he owes nothing.

The questioner : I mean, if he has a debt, the husband has a debt resulting from an accidental killing, does he deserve to be the land?

The Shaykh : The evidence is on his kin.

The questioner : On his relatives or on him?

The Shaykh : No, on his relatives, on his relatives.

The questioner : Okay, thank you, O Chief Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Do you send it or not? Yes. Yes.

The questioner : Thank you.