If a woman requests a mahr less than the mahr of her peers, is it valid?
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The questioner : If a woman requests a mahr less than the mahr of her peers, is it considered...?
The Shaykh : Is it considered what?
The questioner : His liability is discharged.
The Shaykh : Whose liability?
The questioner : The husband's liability.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no doubt. Did not the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) marry a man with an iron ring? If he had brought it, he would not have brought it. He said, "With what you have of the Qur'an." The end. Hajjaj said, "The time is up."
The Shaykh : Is it considered what?
The questioner : His liability is discharged.
The Shaykh : Whose liability?
The questioner : The husband's liability.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no doubt. Did not the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) marry a man with an iron ring? If he had brought it, he would not have brought it. He said, "With what you have of the Qur'an." The end. Hajjaj said, "The time is up."