The Ruling on Delaying the Payment of the Deferred Bridal Gift

Question:
A man says: A person marries a woman in our current time and gives her a bridal gift of, for example, one thousand dinars, with the deferred portion being ten thousand dinars, and then he leaves the deferred portion for a long time.

Answer:
Yes, it is all part of the bridal gift, all of it is a right belonging to the woman, and a debt upon the husband. Allah the Exalted said: And He said, "And give them their bridal gifts as a duty." It is her right, obligatory upon the husband, and he must hasten to pay it. If he delays because he is in financial difficulty, he may delay until he has the means, but it is not dropped from him; it is a debt he owes this woman, which he must pay when he is able, and he should hasten to do so. Yes.