What does one do if he divorced his wife and her mahr is with him, but he cannot find this woman?
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The questioner : Second question
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The Muslim brother who was married to an American woman and divorced her because of infidelity, so he wants to return the mahr to her, but he is just unable to find her, so what should he do with the gold and the mahr?
The Shaykh : This is not a fiqh question, this is a governmental judicial question. He needs to contact centers that know where she went? Where she came from? So that the trust can be delivered to her. This has no relation to fiqh, rather it is said to him: search for her so that you know where she is? And deliver her right to her.
The questioner : Meaning, he does not dispose of it until he finds her?
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The Muslim brother who was married to an American woman and divorced her because of infidelity, so he wants to return the mahr to her, but he is just unable to find her, so what should he do with the gold and the mahr?
The Shaykh : This is not a fiqh question, this is a governmental judicial question. He needs to contact centers that know where she went? Where she came from? So that the trust can be delivered to her. This has no relation to fiqh, rather it is said to him: search for her so that you know where she is? And deliver her right to her.
The questioner : Meaning, he does not dispose of it until he finds her?
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
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