What is the purpose of giving the deferred portion of the mahr to the woman in Islam?
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The questioner : One of the brothers asks and says: What is the purpose of giving the deferred portion of the mahr to the woman in Islam?
The Shaykh : The point is, what did I want to say!
Yes, this question: I believe that this question, like many others, is directed incorrectly, because one asks: "What is the purpose of such-and-such?" only if it is prescribed or beloved. However, the deferred mahr is not desired and is not prescribed as a law in Islam that every man who proposes to a woman should—and I do not say must—divide the mahr into an immediate and a deferred portion. This is not part of Islam in any way as a system. Rather, it is a solution to a problem. For example, a man wants to protect himself, but he does not have the mahr for the girl or the woman he wants to propose to from her family. So, either he has some of the mahr, or he has nothing, as they say, "an empty wallet." This is permissible. But for a millionaire, the common practice today is not correct unless the mahr is divided into an immediate and a deferred portion. This has no basis in Islam, and therefore it is not correct to direct such a question.
The Shaykh : The point is, what did I want to say!
Yes, this question: I believe that this question, like many others, is directed incorrectly, because one asks: "What is the purpose of such-and-such?" only if it is prescribed or beloved. However, the deferred mahr is not desired and is not prescribed as a law in Islam that every man who proposes to a woman should—and I do not say must—divide the mahr into an immediate and a deferred portion. This is not part of Islam in any way as a system. Rather, it is a solution to a problem. For example, a man wants to protect himself, but he does not have the mahr for the girl or the woman he wants to propose to from her family. So, either he has some of the mahr, or he has nothing, as they say, "an empty wallet." This is permissible. But for a millionaire, the common practice today is not correct unless the mahr is divided into an immediate and a deferred portion. This has no basis in Islam, and therefore it is not correct to direct such a question.