Making the apartment's furnishings the wife's mahr
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Question:
The questioner also says: If the suitor furnishes the apartment and wants to write the value of the apartment's base as the mahr for his wife, is that permissible? Or is it necessary to pay the mahr, for example, in money?
Answer:
The apartment and the house are not the mahr. Providing the apartment and the house is obligatory upon the husband; it is part of preparing the dwelling. The dwelling is a right of the woman over her husband,[At-Talaq 65:6] and your provision for them, so it is a right she has over him, distinct from the bridal gift. One thing is the dwelling and its furnishings, and another thing is the mahr.
The questioner also says: If the suitor furnishes the apartment and wants to write the value of the apartment's base as the mahr for his wife, is that permissible? Or is it necessary to pay the mahr, for example, in money?
Answer:
The apartment and the house are not the mahr. Providing the apartment and the house is obligatory upon the husband; it is part of preparing the dwelling. The dwelling is a right of the woman over her husband,
Lodge them [in a section] of where you dwell
أَسْكِنُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ سَكَنتُم
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/246 — archive.org (11:08)
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