Meaning: The most blessed of women is the one who is easiest to maintain, and the determination of the mahr

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Does he mean the one with the least mahr?

The Shaykh:
This appears to be from the words of Aisha and not from the words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) The maintenance cost that I know is from the words of the Mother of the Believers, Aisha. What does he say? Is it?

The questioner:
Does he mean the one with the least mahr or the one with the moderate mahr?

The Shaykh:
The one with the least expense, meaning the one with the least mahr, there is no doubt in this, because it came in the athar that if the mahr is large, he becomes angry with her over the slightest thing and says, "I have been burdened with you until the water skin was hung up." So when the mahr becomes high, he complains over the slightest reason and says, "You came to me at a high price, and so on, and I am spending my lawful wealth on you." But if the mahr is modest, he is lenient with her mistakes and overlooks them, saying, "She came at a good price and came for free."
No, setting a limit is not permissible; setting a limit is not permissible because there is no evidence for setting a limit. For this reason, the scholars in the time of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) gathered and looked into setting a limit, and they did not reach a conclusion, but in the end they reached the conclusion that people should be encouraged to make things easy. As for setting a limit, it is not permissible because the verses and hadiths are absolute. Yes. But they reached the conclusion that people should be encouraged to make things easy, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged it, and just as Aisha and the Commander of the Believers, Umar, encouraged it. Only encouragement, as for compulsion, no, there is no compulsion.