The zakah on the mahr received before consummation
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Question:
Likewise, may Allah preserve you. This wife says: If she received her mahr and her marriage was delayed for a year, is she required to pay zakah on this mahr?
Answer:
This is what remains in her possession after it has all settled. What settles is only through consummation. So, if the contract was made and the mahr was paid to her, she is only entitled to half of it. She pays zakah on half of it, which is the right that has become hers, namely half the mahr. Yes.
Likewise, may Allah preserve you. This wife says: If she received her mahr and her marriage was delayed for a year, is she required to pay zakah on this mahr?
Answer:
This is what remains in her possession after it has all settled. What settles is only through consummation. So, if the contract was made and the mahr was paid to her, she is only entitled to half of it. She pays zakah on half of it, which is the right that has become hers, namely half the mahr. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في قيام الليل — islamhouse.com (1:08:40)
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