Question
Both husband and wife are converts. The wife wants her marriage annulled because the husband is not maintaining her. The husband says that she should first give him the lobola sum which he had paid to her father. The wife says that he has not given her any mahr. Does she have to give him the lobola amount?
Answer
The lobola money is not Mehr. It is a kuffaar practice. It was paid to the father. This husband knows very well that the wife does not get the lobola money. He has to pay her the Mahr. If he does not support her, the marriage can be annulled.
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- themajlis.co.za
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- The Majlis Vol 27 No 07
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- 11
Appears under THE FOOD OF HARAAM EARNINGS (approximate).