Remitting the mahr after divorce

Question

Does a woman, after having been divorced, have the right to gift (remit) her mahr or not? Wa-s-salam.

Answer

She does. Just as she can remit a debt owed by some unrelated person, so too after divorce she can remit the mahr.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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