Benefits of the Hadith: (Whoever marries a woman with a mahr or a gift...)

The Shaykh : Among the benefits of this hadith is the permissibility of stipulating a gift (karamah) for the father or the son after the marriage contract is concluded, and that if the husband commits to it and accepts it, it becomes obligatory upon him.
But is it considered part of the mahr?
No, it is considered a gift (karamah) for the father, the brother, the uncle, or the like.
Accordingly, if there is something that halves the mahr or something that waives the mahr, the husband does not seek reimbursement from the one who received it. Is that clear?
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : An example of this is: A man married a woman with a mahr of ten thousand riyals, and the contract was concluded. Who does the ten thousand belong to?
It belongs to the wife, and this is clear. But after the contract, he honored her father with five thousand, her mother with two thousand, and her brother with one thousand. Then suppose he divorced her before consummation. She is entitled to half the mahr, and he is liable for half the mahr. But does he seek reimbursement for what he gave to her father, her mother, and her brother?
No, because this is not part of the mahr.
Yes, and among the benefits of this hadith is that a man may be honored for the sake of his daughter or for the sake of his sister, and that if he is honored for this reason, it is not a case of bribery nor a case of consuming wealth unlawfully, due to his saying: .
And among the benefits of this hadith is that the mahr is valid whether it is small or large, because: : "a mahr" is an indefinite noun in the context of a condition, so it implies generality; it is general, meaning that whatever mahr it is, whether small or large, it is permissible.