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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the wife entitled to dispose of her gold without consulting her husband?

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The questioner : Is the wife entitled to dispose of her gold mahr without consulting her husband?

The Shaykh : Yes, the wife owns her mahr with full ownership, unless her husband divorces her before consummation and seclusion, in which case he is only entitled to half of it, as we mentioned earlier. And if she owns her mahr with full ownership and wants to sell it or sell some of it, the husband has no right to object to her. Yes, if she sells the gold she adorns herself with for her husband and then demands that he buy her a replacement, this is not permissible, because it burdens the husband, and the husband may have limited means, leading him to go into debt to please his wife. Yes.

The questioner : This is a listener who did not mention his name, saying.
Source alathar.net

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