Ruling on Deferring the Bridal Gift Until Separation
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His Eminence the Shaykh: Some people request to delay the bridal gift;But with the condition of divorce! Meaning: If divorce occurs, the deferred portion is paid. What is the ruling on that?
Yes,The understood and known formulation of the question: Some people divide the bridal gift into two parts: 1- A portion paid in advance at the time of the contract or before the contract.
2- Another portion that is deferred, and they set the term of the deferral to be separation.
And we say: The bridal gift is a right of the woman,Allah the Exalted said: [Surat al-Nisa: 4] If she wishes, she says: It must be paid in advance. This is one option. And if she wishes, she may defer it,Or by a known term, for example, she might say: saying, for example, "You will give me so much and so much every year," or by an indefinite term. An indefinite term is valid here,The scholars said: and an indefinite term becomes due upon separation, whether by death or divorce.
So the deferred bridal gift, even if no specific term is mentioned for it, becomes due when separation occurs by death, divorce, annulment, or the like. This is permissible because it is her right.
Yes,The understood and known formulation of the question: Some people divide the bridal gift into two parts: 1- A portion paid in advance at the time of the contract or before the contract.
2- Another portion that is deferred, and they set the term of the deferral to be separation.
And we say: The bridal gift is a right of the woman,Allah the Exalted said:
And give the women [upon marriage] their [bridal] gifts graciously
وَآتُوا النِّسَاءَ صَدُقَاتِهِنَّ نِحْلَةًSo the deferred bridal gift, even if no specific term is mentioned for it, becomes due when separation occurs by death, divorce, annulment, or the like. This is permissible because it is her right.