Is deferred mahr permissible?
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Regarding the deferred mahr.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: As we wish.
The Shaykh : How do you mean, as we wish?
The questioner: I mean, for example, we write it as deferred, not immediate.
The Shaykh : No, that is not permissible.
The questioner: Or is it?
The Shaykh : The immediate portion is the standard.
The questioner: The deferred portion...
The Shaykh : As for the deferred portion, it is for the one who is unable, for the poor person who cannot find the means to pay the immediate portion.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is permissible. However, making it a system as is known in this time, where the immediate portion is, for example, one dinar and the deferred portion is ten thousand, that is not permissible.
The questioner: Yes. I mean, it is not permissible.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner: If the immediate mahr is paid, the deferred portion is gone.
The Shaykh : But there is no deferred portion.
The questioner: Regarding the deferred mahr.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: As we wish.
The Shaykh : How do you mean, as we wish?
The questioner: I mean, for example, we write it as deferred, not immediate.
The Shaykh : No, that is not permissible.
The questioner: Or is it?
The Shaykh : The immediate portion is the standard.
The questioner: The deferred portion...
The Shaykh : As for the deferred portion, it is for the one who is unable, for the poor person who cannot find the means to pay the immediate portion.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is permissible. However, making it a system as is known in this time, where the immediate portion is, for example, one dinar and the deferred portion is ten thousand, that is not permissible.
The questioner: Yes. I mean, it is not permissible.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner: If the immediate mahr is paid, the deferred portion is gone.
The Shaykh : But there is no deferred portion.
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