The Limit of the Mahr and Exaggeration in It
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Is there a specific limit for the mahr (bridal gift) of women? And is there any prohibition against exaggerating in it?
Answer:
There is no limit to the mahr, but it should be easy for the husband to afford so that he does not exaggerate in it. 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) attempted to set limits on mahr during his caliphate, then he read the verse: "And if you give one of them a qintar, do not take any of it back,"[An-Nisa 4:20], and he said, [An-Nisa 4:20] so he abandoned that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Is there a specific limit for the mahr (bridal gift) of women? And is there any prohibition against exaggerating in it?
Answer:
There is no limit to the mahr, but it should be easy for the husband to afford so that he does not exaggerate in it. 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) attempted to set limits on mahr during his caliphate, then he read the verse: "And if you give one of them a qintar, do not take any of it back,"
But if you want to replace one wife with another
وَإِنْ أَرَدتُّمُ اسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْجٍ مَّكَانَ زَوْجٍand you have given one of them a great amount [in gifts], do not take [back] from it anything
وَآتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ قِنطَارًا فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا مِنْهُ شَيْئًا
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في أم الولد — islamhouse.com (40:37)
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