'Umar's Prohibition of Exaggeration in Women's Bridal Gifts
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is there a report from 'Umar that he prohibited exaggeration in the bridal gifts of women?
Answer:
But he did not specify a limit, because Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:[An-Nisa 4:20]. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is there a report from 'Umar that he prohibited exaggeration in the bridal gifts of women?
Answer:
But he did not specify a limit, because Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:
But if you want to replace one wife with another and you have given one of them a great amount [in gifts], do not take [back] from it anything
وَإِنْ أَرَدتُّمُ اسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْجٍ مَّكَانَ زَوْجٍ وَآتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ قِنطَارًا فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا مِنْهُ شَيْئًا
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