What was paid of the mahr is returned to the man's heirs if he dies before the contract
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Fatwa number ( 17440 )
Q: A woman has a female relative who says that she asked a man for a sum of money, which was (800) eight hundred riyals, and he gave her this mentioned amount and said to her: Consider this amount as an engagement gift for you. She agreed with him without being convinced, due to the age difference, solely to obtain the money. Now the man has passed away, and she wants to inquire whether she should pay this money to his heirs? Knowing that they were negligent in his rights regarding service and doing what is obligatory for them to do for him, or should she give it in charity or is it lawful for her?
A: If the reality is as mentioned, that the man gave the money to your female relative with the intention of it being an engagement gift, and then he died before you contracted marriage with him, then it is obligatory for your female relative to return the mentioned money to his heirs; because he did not contract marriage with her and she has no right to it without a contract. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: A woman has a female relative who says that she asked a man for a sum of money, which was (800) eight hundred riyals, and he gave her this mentioned amount and said to her: Consider this amount as an engagement gift for you. She agreed with him without being convinced, due to the age difference, solely to obtain the money. Now the man has passed away, and she wants to inquire whether she should pay this money to his heirs? Knowing that they were negligent in his rights regarding service and doing what is obligatory for them to do for him, or should she give it in charity or is it lawful for her?
A: If the reality is as mentioned, that the man gave the money to your female relative with the intention of it being an engagement gift, and then he died before you contracted marriage with him, then it is obligatory for your female relative to return the mentioned money to his heirs; because he did not contract marriage with her and she has no right to it without a contract. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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