The Ruling on the Bridal Gift in the Case of Divorce Before Consummation
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Question:
This questioner says: If a woman is divorced and her husband has not consummated the marriage, but he has paid her the full bridal gift, what is the status of the bridal gift? Does he take it all back?
Answer:
Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:237] If he divorces her before consummation and has paid her a bridal gift, he takes back half of it, and the other half
This questioner says: If a woman is divorced and her husband has not consummated the marriage, but he has paid her the full bridal gift, what is the status of the bridal gift? Does he take it all back?
Answer:
Allah the Exalted said:
And if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already specified for them an obligation, then [give] half of what you specified
وَإِن طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَمَسُّوهُنَّ وَقَدْ فَرَضْتُمْ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً فَنِصْفُ مَا فَرَضْتُمْ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/145 — archive.org (18:24)
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