The Ruling on a Husband Telling His Wife to Return the Bridal Gift and Then Retracting the Divorce
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The questioner:
This questioner says: A man said to his wife when she disobeyed his order, "If you are not willing to be my wife, return the mahr, my soul." Then she did not return the mahr and went to the house of her agent. After a day, her agent called and said, "She will return the mahr to you."
The Shaykh:
Her agent, not her guardian.
The questioner:
He said her agent.
The Shaykh:
I mean her guardian, yes.
The questioner:
She will return the mahr and she is divorced by khul', so the husband said, "If she had brought the mahr on the day she left, I would have divorced her. But since she brought it today, my anger has passed, and I thought and said to him, 'I do not accept the mahr and I will not divorce my wife.' So is this wife divorced by the first statement or not?"
The Shaykh:
This is a matter in which the judge is consulted; one returns to the court to look into it, summon the wife, and ask her what happened? It is a matter that requires verification, questioning both parties, and the presence of both parties before the judge, yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This questioner says: A man said to his wife when she disobeyed his order, "If you are not willing to be my wife, return the mahr, my soul." Then she did not return the mahr and went to the house of her agent. After a day, her agent called and said, "She will return the mahr to you."
The Shaykh:
Her agent, not her guardian.
The questioner:
He said her agent.
The Shaykh:
I mean her guardian, yes.
The questioner:
She will return the mahr and she is divorced by khul', so the husband said, "If she had brought the mahr on the day she left, I would have divorced her. But since she brought it today, my anger has passed, and I thought and said to him, 'I do not accept the mahr and I will not divorce my wife.' So is this wife divorced by the first statement or not?"
The Shaykh:
This is a matter in which the judge is consulted; one returns to the court to look into it, summon the wife, and ask her what happened? It is a matter that requires verification, questioning both parties, and the presence of both parties before the judge, yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
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