The Mahr of a Divorced Woman Whose Location Is Unknown
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I married a woman five years ago, and after one month I divorced her. I did not pay her mahr, and I do not know where this woman is. What is obligatory for me regarding her mahr?
Answer:
The right is hers; she is the one who claims it. If she leaves it and does not claim it, then you owe nothing. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I married a woman five years ago, and after one month I divorced her. I did not pay her mahr, and I do not know where this woman is. What is obligatory for me regarding her mahr?
Answer:
The right is hers; she is the one who claims it. If she leaves it and does not claim it, then you owe nothing. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما يذكر في رد المنكوحة بالعيب — islamhouse.com (59:17)
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