Forgiving the mahr and then retracting it

Question

(1) (a) If a woman, without any prompting and of her own free will, forgives the mahr, and then two or three months later, being displeased, denies having forgiven the mahr, has the mahr been forgiven according to the Shari‘a in such a case or not? (b) If a woman, on an occasion of privacy, of her own free will and without any prompting or demand, forgave the mahr with these words: “On the first night I knew nothing at all about the mahr, and so out of ignorance, at your request, I forgave my mahr.

Answer

(1) (a) Diyanatan (before Allah) it has been forgiven, but for it to be forgiven qada’an (by judicial ruling), proof acceptable in the Shari‘a is required. (b) The answer to this is the same. (c) The mahr is not forgiven by this. (2) (a)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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