His other question states that there is a man who has a sister, and he married her to a man who also has a sister of marriageable age. He took half of his wife's mahr from her, and then he proposed to her.

The questioner : His other question states that there is a man who has a sister, and he married her to a man who also has a sister of marriageable age. He took half of his wife's mahr from her, and then he proposed to marry her sister, so he married her and paid him half of the mahr. Does this fall under shigar or not? If one of them gets angry and leaves the house, does the other do the same, even without a reason?

The Shaykh : This does not fall under shigar, as long as he did not propose to his sister's husband's sister until after the contract was completed. Therefore, it does not fall under shigar. However, this brother's action of taking half of his sister's mahr is a bad transaction, because it is not permissible for him to take anything from his sister's mahr unless she is pleased with it and consents to it, provided she is an adult, sane, and prudent woman. She may give him whatever she wishes. But for him to take it without her permission and without her consent in order to marry the daughter of this man is forbidden for him and is invalid. Yes, and it is not permissible for him to do this. As for the marriage, the contract is valid because it is not a case of shigar marriage. As for the fact that if one of the two wives gets angry, the other gets angry without a reason and leaves her husband's house, this is forbidden. It is forbidden for her to do so, because it is obligatory for her to treat her husband with kindness and not to look at how the other wife treats her brother. A person must fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in dealing with others who have rights over him, and he must fulfill those rights in the best manner. Yes.

The questioner : May Allah reward you.
This question is from the listener Mustafa Shu'ayb Muhammad, a Sudanese national working in the Kingdom.