What are the wife’s rights Islamically concerning the dowry (mahr) and other entitlements after divorce and before consummation, given that the husband left her $5,000, which was allocated for half of the furniture, in addition to writing a promissory note (receipt of trust) for 20,000 Egyptian pounds to appease her? Is it her right for the wife to file a lawsuit demanding the latter amount, despite her acknowledgment that she will not use it but will donate it as charity? Do her rights differ if she was a virgin and there was no khalwa (private seclusion)? What are the wife’s entitlements in cases of her hair being uncovered, or her being touched, or the wedding (consummation)?
Since the matter has reached the courts, a final solution will be reached. If a woman is divorced before consummation, she owns half of the Mahr, as Allah Almighty says: "And if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already specified for them an obligatory Mahr, then for them is half of what you specified, unless they — or he in whose hand is the marriage contract — forgo it."
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