Haq mehr

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Re: Haq mehr

@SyedMohsin

The first thing in this discussion is the actual word,

It is MAHR not MEHR.

This distinction is important because in Urdu usage there are two words, MEHR and MAHR.
MEHR is from Farsi and it means kindness. From this we have words such as MEHRBAAN and MEHRBAANI.

MAHR is an Arabic word and its plural is AMHAAR, This is the woman’s asking for her AJR at the time of Nikah, there is no upper limit to it. The Arabic words used for it in the Holy Qur’an are AJR (plural AJOOR) and SADUQAT (plural SADUQAAT).

The word MAHR has been used in Hadeeth.

The MAHR that is mentioned in the Qur’an is that of Hazrat Moosa. When prophet Shoaib decided to marry one of his daughters to Moosa, he asked for eight years of hard labour on his farm, which Hazrat Moosa fulfilled.

MAHR is of two kinds: (i) MAHR MOVAJJAL (MAHR to be paid at a given time after the Nikah (ii) MAHR MO’AJJAL ( to be paid immediately after the Nikah.

Thank you

Great post Janaab. Learned a good deal about the origin of the word. :k:

Taking further from your last statement, MAHR MOVAJJAL has Wow in it and (ii) MAHR MO’AJJAL has ‘Ain’ in it.

First one comes from Ajal (with Alif) that means term but also used in the meaning of ‘End’, hence “wo luqma-e-Ajal bun gaye” means he died.

Second one comes from the word Ujlat, means in hurry, so it has to be paid ASAP.

Just added this so its easy for people to remember which one is which.