Is the wife sinful for taking a bedroom set from her ex-husband – which was not included in the list of movables – in compensation for the money she spent on furnishing the apartment, which the husband refused to return, knowing that what she spent is many times the value of the bedroom set she took?

If the khul' (divorce at the wife's instance in return for a consideration) is effected by the wife's waiver of the mahr (dower), then she is not entitled to claim the dowry list or the furniture, unless this was an exception stipulated in the khul' agreement, or if she had purchased them with her own private funds. As for the money paid to furnish the apartment, if it was a loan or a partnership, the woman has the right to claim it. However, if it was a gift or a donation, it is not permissible to revoke it, based on the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "The one who revokes his gift is like a dog that vomits and then returns to its vomit." This is unless the gift was for a specific purpose (such as improving marital relations) and that purpose was not achieved; in such a case, she may revoke it. But if it was a pure gift, she is not entitled to take anything in return for it, such as the bedroom set. However, if the money was a loan or a partnership and it is impossible to recover it through litigation, then it is permissible to take the bedroom set if its value does not exceed her right, and this falls under the issue of seizing one's right.