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Giving gold as mahr

· 25 Jumada I 1437 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

As per the need of the time of those days, the devaluation of money is going so fast and islaam made the nisaab of zakat in gold and silver. According to this if we make the transactions of mahr in Nikaah in gold, will it be valid shariah or not. In the case of divorce I find a man divorced his wife after 10 year's of the nikah, that time the Mehar was Rs. 1125/= that's also not paid at the time of nikah. With the papers of divorce, he sent the same amount to her after 10 years. So if they made the transaction in gold, the divorced woman would have something to support her for the future.

Answer

Gold can be given as mahr.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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