Does the wife forfeit her right to the full deferred dower if the agreed-upon khul' (divorce at the wife's instance) did not take place with her husband, and the husband subsequently divorced her by his sole will?
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If the husband does not utter the words of khul' (divorce initiated by the wife), then divorce does not occur according to many scholars, and it is merely a promise that is not binding on him. In this case, the wife has the right to receive the full amount of her deferred dowry as agreed upon.
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