Who returns the mahr if the wife of a disbeliever converts to Islam?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If the wife of a disbeliever converts to Islam, who returns the mahr to her? Is it the guardian of the Muslims or the guardian of the woman?
Answer:
The guardian of the stages, the disbeliever is her guardian, but the one to whom it is returned is the guardian of the Muslims, or the one who marries her from among the Muslims[Al-Mumtahanah 60:11].
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If the wife of a disbeliever converts to Islam, who returns the mahr to her? Is it the guardian of the Muslims or the guardian of the woman?
Answer:
The guardian of the stages, the disbeliever is her guardian, but the one to whom it is returned is the guardian of the Muslims, or the one who marries her from among the Muslims
then give those whose wives have gone the equivalent of what they had spent
فَآتُوا الَّذِينَ ذَهَبَتْ أَزْوَاجُهُم مِّثْلَ مَا أَنفَقُوا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2888] من يرد المهر إذا أسلمت زوجة الكافر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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