How is the equivalent mahr determined?
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The questioner : How is the equivalent mahr established...?
The Shaykh : No, no. It is not said, for example, "If a woman marries and she is like this woman in age, beauty, lineage, and wealth, what is her mahr?" We say, "The mahr for a woman like this is ten thousand." Another woman is old, a widow, and disfigured; she has no lineage and no wealth. What is her mahr? In my opinion, how much would it be? We said the first one is ten thousand, so this one is one thousand. The meaning of the equivalent mahr is the mahr of a woman who equals her in beauty, youth, knowledge, wealth, and lineage. That is what it means.
The Shaykh : No, no. It is not said, for example, "If a woman marries and she is like this woman in age, beauty, lineage, and wealth, what is her mahr?" We say, "The mahr for a woman like this is ten thousand." Another woman is old, a widow, and disfigured; she has no lineage and no wealth. What is her mahr? In my opinion, how much would it be? We said the first one is ten thousand, so this one is one thousand. The meaning of the equivalent mahr is the mahr of a woman who equals her in beauty, youth, knowledge, wealth, and lineage. That is what it means.