Is it permissible to demand material and moral compensation for the engagement period if the fiancée's mother convinced her daughter to reject the marriage before the judge, even though the marriage was legitimate and legal?
If the marriage contract is concluded with all conditions met, the wife's father is not permitted to prevent the husband from consummating the marriage, as long as the husband has paid the prompt dower. If the father attempts to influence his daughter to seek divorce, this is a forbidden act of incitement (takhbib). The wife must not obey her father in this regard, as obedience to her husband is more incumbent upon her. The husband must prove the harm caused by the wife's father before a judge. If the wife requests a divorce before consummation without a valid reason, the general rule is that she is entitled to half of the stipulated dower; if no dower was stipulated, she is entitled to a compensatory gift (mut'ah). However, the husband may refuse to divorce her until she redeems herself from him with money, and he is permitted to reclaim gifts that were given with the intention of completing the marriage.
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