Receiving the Mahr Against One’s Father’s Debt
Question
Question: During the nikah negotiations the girl’s father took one thousand one hundred and fifty (1,150) rupees as a loan. Can those rupees in any way be counted as payment of the mahr or not? The mahr is the sum of one thousand rupees.
Answer
The money that the girl’s father borrowed from the young man may correctly be counted towards the mahr, provided the girl agrees to this and releases the husband from the mahr; she will then collect the mahr from her father.
Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya
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