Setting the limits of mahr by order of the ruler
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Question:
This is a questioner from the Sultanate of Oman who says: Your Eminence, father, if a ruler issues an order that a woman’s mahr (bridal gift) should not exceed two thousand Omani riyals, is it permissible for the awliya (guardians) to increase the mahr beyond that? Please give us a ruling, and may Allah reward you.
Answer:
Complying with orders and cooperating in good is better, or is it not? And why not limit the setting? But if the one in authority sees that limiting it facilitates marriage, helps the poor to marry, and facilitates rescuing the unmarried women from their homes, this is, if Allah wills, a great good. So if the one in authority sees that the mahr should be limited, one should agree to this because of the great benefit it holds for men and women.
This is a questioner from the Sultanate of Oman who says: Your Eminence, father, if a ruler issues an order that a woman’s mahr (bridal gift) should not exceed two thousand Omani riyals, is it permissible for the awliya (guardians) to increase the mahr beyond that? Please give us a ruling, and may Allah reward you.
Answer:
Complying with orders and cooperating in good is better, or is it not? And why not limit the setting? But if the one in authority sees that limiting it facilitates marriage, helps the poor to marry, and facilitates rescuing the unmarried women from their homes, this is, if Allah wills, a great good. So if the one in authority sees that the mahr should be limited, one should agree to this because of the great benefit it holds for men and women.
Source
فضل العلم وآدابه — islamhouse.com (47:45)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.