The Ruling on Paying the Bridal Gift at the Time of the Contract
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man married a woman at a time when bridal gifts were modest. Then the bridal gifts increased, and he did not pay his wife’s bridal gift. He acknowledged it to her during an illness that was not considered fatal. Does he have to pay the bridal gift at the rate of the time of their marriage?
Answer:
She is entitled to the bridal gift agreed upon in the contract, whether it is small or large. However, if he contracted the marriage without specifying a bridal gift, which sometimes happens, if he contracted the marriage without specifying a bridal gift, she is entitled to the customary bridal gift. She is called a *mufawwadah*. But if a bridal gift was specified, even if it is small, she is not entitled to anything other than that. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man married a woman at a time when bridal gifts were modest. Then the bridal gifts increased, and he did not pay his wife’s bridal gift. He acknowledged it to her during an illness that was not considered fatal. Does he have to pay the bridal gift at the rate of the time of their marriage?
Answer:
She is entitled to the bridal gift agreed upon in the contract, whether it is small or large. However, if he contracted the marriage without specifying a bridal gift, which sometimes happens, if he contracted the marriage without specifying a bridal gift, she is entitled to the customary bridal gift. She is called a *mufawwadah*. But if a bridal gift was specified, even if it is small, she is not entitled to anything other than that. Yes.
Source
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