What is due to a wife who is divorced before consummation?

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Question:
Does the husband owe half the mahr if he contracted the marriage but did not consummate it?

Answer:
According to the Shari'ah rule: half the mahr

And if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already specified for them an obligation, then [give] half of what you specified

وَإِنْ طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ وَقَدْ فَرَضْتُمْ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً فَنِصْفُ مَا فَرَضْتُمْ

[Surat al-Baqarah: 237].
(Lectures on the Explanation of Bulugh al-Maram, Book of Marriage)

Source binbaz.org.sa

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