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My Marriage is upcoming in the end of December,I would like to seek your guidance in the context of Meher, as this is creating a turbulance and inconvenince betwen people with different views.

We follow the tradition of meher by the name of ” Bibi Fatema” but  my inlaws are saying it shuld be 19 misqaal.

Could you plese assist me in clarifying the above 2.

Jazak allah

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

There are differences of opinion with regards to the amount of Mahr Fatimi.[1]

The amount given by Rasulullah Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam as Mahr to his wives was 500 dirhams. This is equivalent to 1531g of silver. According to today’s (01/12/2014) price of silver,[2] this is equivalent to US$ 785.

Furthermore, the amount of Mahr Fatimi according to some ‘Ulamā is the same as Mahr Azwaaj al-Nabi (Mahr given by Rasulullah Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam to his wives).

You may also refer to the following links for more details on different types of Mahr:

http://askimam.org/public/question_detail/16876

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Nabeel Valli

Student Darul Iftaa
Lusaka, Zambia

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

www.daruliftaa.net


[1]   تبيين الحقائق شرح كنز الدقائق وحاشية الشلبي (2/ 131) [مكتبة إمدادية]

وَاسْتَدَلَّ فِي الْغَايَةِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ – عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ – «زَوَّجَ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَى أَرْبَعمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ وَهِيَ أَفْضَلُ النِّسَاءِ»

مرقاة المفاتيح شرح مشكاة المصابيح (5/ 2100) [دار الفكر]

 ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ السَّيِّدُ الْجَمَالُ الدِّينِ الْمُحَدِّثُ فِي رَوْضَةِ الْأَحْبَابِ: إِنَّ صَدَاقَ فَاطِمَةَ – رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا – كَانَ أَرْبَعَمِائَةِ مِثْقَالِ فِضَّةٍ، وَكَذَا ذَكَرَهُ صَاحِبُ الْمَوَاهِبِ وَلَفْظُهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ – صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ – قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُزَوِّجَكَ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَى أَرْبَعِمِائَةِ مِثْقَالِ فِضَّةٍ وَالْجَمْعُ أَنَّ عَشَرَةَ دَرَاهِمَ سَبْعَةُ مَثَاقِيلَ مَعَ عَدَمِ اعْتِبَارِ الْكُسُورِ لَكِنْ يُشْكَلُ نَقْلُ ابْنِ الْهُمَامِ أَنَّ صَدَاقَ فَاطِمَةَ كَانَ أَرْبَعَمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ وَعَلَى كُلٍّ فَمَا اشْتُهِرَ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ مِنْ أَنَّ مَهْرَهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ مِثْقَالًا مِنَ الذَّهَبِ فَلَا أَصْلَ لَهُ، اللَّهُمَّ إِلَّا أَنَّ يُقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَبْلَغَ قِيمَةُ دِرْعِ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ حَيْثُ دَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهَا مَهْرًا مُعَجَّلًا وَاللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَعْلَمُ (رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ وَالدَّارِمِيُّ)

فتح القدير (3196) [مكتبة حقانية]

ويدل على ذلك تزويج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فاطمة من علي بأربعمائة درهم

فتاوى رحيمية (8/231) [دار الإشاعة]

أحسن الفتاوى (5/32) [أيج أيم سعيد]

[2]  http://silverprice.org/

Website accessed on 27/11/2014 at 12:00 PM

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