What is the detailed ruling on the deferred mahr in marriage, and does it have a basis?
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The Shaykh : Please, do you have something?
The questioner : Since I am at the door of marriage, Shaykh!
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Since I am at the door of marriage, meaning I am preparing myself for marriage.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : So regarding the issue of the deferred mahr, if you would please detail the legal ruling?
The Shaykh : First: dividing the mahr into two parts, immediate and deferred, is not part of the system of marriage in Islam. And when I say it is not part of the system of Islam, I mean what I say. For example, today, if the suitor is a millionaire, he must make it an immediate and a deferred portion. This is an alien element in Islam. But I will give you a completely opposite example: it is permissible for a Muslim to marry a woman and contract with her on a specified mahr that is entirely immediate. Why? Because he does not possess wealth. This is permissible. But—and here is the crux of the matter, as they say—making the mahr two parts as a mandatory system is, first, contrary to the Sunnah, and second, it leads to very bad consequences when life between the spouses does not go well. The husband wants to divorce her, but he finds a noose around his neck; he cannot lean to the right or the left. Why? Because he wants to pay the deferred portion, but he is unable to pay the deferred portion. Therefore, one of two things happens here: either he harms her until she waives her right and he is rid of her, or she holds him and imprisons him, because she is demanding this deferred portion from him. Yes?
The questioner : Hello, peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : How is the Shaykh doing? Hello.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : How are you?
The Shaykh : Is this our friend, you?
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh : Are you the one who was woven this hour?
The questioner: Yes, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you!
The questioner : I beg you, O Shaykh!
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you!
The questioner : Listen to me, O Shaykh!
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner : O Shaykh, I beg you, I beg you!
The Shaykh : This one is now disturbed, may Allah know best.
The questioner : Since I am at the door of marriage, Shaykh!
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Since I am at the door of marriage, meaning I am preparing myself for marriage.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : So regarding the issue of the deferred mahr, if you would please detail the legal ruling?
The Shaykh : First: dividing the mahr into two parts, immediate and deferred, is not part of the system of marriage in Islam. And when I say it is not part of the system of Islam, I mean what I say. For example, today, if the suitor is a millionaire, he must make it an immediate and a deferred portion. This is an alien element in Islam. But I will give you a completely opposite example: it is permissible for a Muslim to marry a woman and contract with her on a specified mahr that is entirely immediate. Why? Because he does not possess wealth. This is permissible. But—and here is the crux of the matter, as they say—making the mahr two parts as a mandatory system is, first, contrary to the Sunnah, and second, it leads to very bad consequences when life between the spouses does not go well. The husband wants to divorce her, but he finds a noose around his neck; he cannot lean to the right or the left. Why? Because he wants to pay the deferred portion, but he is unable to pay the deferred portion. Therefore, one of two things happens here: either he harms her until she waives her right and he is rid of her, or she holds him and imprisons him, because she is demanding this deferred portion from him. Yes?
The questioner : Hello, peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : How is the Shaykh doing? Hello.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : How are you?
The Shaykh : Is this our friend, you?
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh : Are you the one who was woven this hour?
The questioner: Yes, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you!
The questioner : I beg you, O Shaykh!
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you!
The questioner : Listen to me, O Shaykh!
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner : O Shaykh, I beg you, I beg you!
The Shaykh : This one is now disturbed, may Allah know best.
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