Chapter: And if he gives her a thousand if her father is alive, and two thousand if he is dead, then the equivalent mahr is obligatory

The Shaykh :"Chapter: And if he gives her a thousand if her father is alive, and two thousand if he is dead, then the equivalent mahr is obligatory" If the husband gives her a thousand if her father is alive, and two thousand if he is dead, she is entitled to the equivalent mahr. Why? They said it is because he did not specify it, but rather made it conditional: if her father is alive, it is a thousand, and if he is dead, it is two thousand. The correct view is that it is valid, and one looks at the situation: if the father is alive, her mahr is a thousand, and if he is dead, her mahr is two thousand. This difference between her father's life and his death has a specific intended purpose, because if her father is alive, a thousand is sufficient for her, since if the world becomes narrow for her, she can return to her father. But if her father is dead, she wants the mahr to be large so that she can buy property from which she can benefit, or something similar. Therefore, the correct view is that this is permissible, and it is said: one looks at the father; if he is present, the mahr is a thousand, and if he is not present, the mahr is two thousand. Now, what if he was absent at the time of the contract and then found? Pay attention to the question: if he was absent at the time of the contract and then found, but this would only happen on the Day of Resurrection, because the dead are not resurrected except on the Day of Resurrection. What is the matter with this answer? Subhan Allah, this is not reasonable. I am not saying "lost," I am saying "absent," and there is a difference between the lost and the absent, is there not? Now, if he was absent and then found, we say this is not possible, it is impossible. So, O 'Abd Allah ibn 'Uwaid, do not lower your head... do not lower it! Now, pay attention: the school's position is that if he gives her a thousand if her father is alive, and two thousand if her father is dead, this specification is not valid, and we revert to the equivalent mahr.