A man says: In their culture, it is the woman who pays the mahr. Is it permissible to help this man in order to marry off his daughters?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man of a certain nationality says that in their marriage customs, it is the woman who pays the mahr to the man, and this is their custom. His question is: Is it permissible to help this man in order to marry off his daughters by paying the mahr on their behalf?
Answer:
If he only marries if he pays. Whoever helps in that, and his daughters do not sit unmarried
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man of a certain nationality says that in their marriage customs, it is the woman who pays the mahr to the man, and this is their custom. His question is: Is it permissible to help this man in order to marry off his daughters by paying the mahr on their behalf?
Answer:
If he only marries if he pays. Whoever helps in that, and his daughters do not sit unmarried
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [656 -939] رجل يقول: إن المرأة عندهم هي من تدفع المهر، فهل يجوز مساعدة هذا الرجل من أجل تزويج بناته؟ — youtube.com
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