The amount a woman pays in khul' (divorce at the wife's request for compensation)
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: A woman requested khul' (divorce at the wife's request for compensation) from her husband, so the husband stipulated that she give him 100,000 riyals, which covers the costs of the marriage, including the costs of the marriage and the mahr (the bridal gift), even though the actual costs are approximately 70,000. So here she has three options: either she gives the husband only the mahr (the bridal gift), or she gives the actual costs of the marriage, or she gives everything he asks for?
Answer:
This is a judicial matter that is referred to the court to decide. As for the general ruling, there is no objection if a woman dislikes her husband and wants to get rid of him; she may redeem herself from him. If you fear that[Al-Baqarah 2:229], in what she redeems herself with, this is general and includes both little and much. If they settle on this, even if it is a lot, that is fine. But the best, in terms of preference, is that he does not take more than what he gave her; that is the best. As for whether it is permissible for him to take more, that is permissible. Allah the Exalted said[Al-Baqarah 2:229] This is general. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: A woman requested khul' (divorce at the wife's request for compensation) from her husband, so the husband stipulated that she give him 100,000 riyals, which covers the costs of the marriage, including the costs of the marriage and the mahr (the bridal gift), even though the actual costs are approximately 70,000. So here she has three options: either she gives the husband only the mahr (the bridal gift), or she gives the actual costs of the marriage, or she gives everything he asks for?
Answer:
This is a judicial matter that is referred to the court to decide. As for the general ruling, there is no objection if a woman dislikes her husband and wants to get rid of him; she may redeem herself from him. If you fear that
that they will not be able to keep [within] the limits of Allah. But if you fear that they will not keep [within] the limits of Allah, then there is no blame upon either of them concerning that by which she ransoms
أَلَّا يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ اللَّهِ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا فِيمَا افْتَدَتْ بِهِthere is no blame upon either of them concerning that by which she ransoms herself
فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا فِيمَا افْتَدَتْ بِهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [131/186] مقدار ما تدفعه المرأة في الخلع - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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