Is the wife entitled to claim the deferred dowry after her divorce, knowing that she took half the contents of the house in valuable assets in exchange for her financial assistance to him during his unemployment?
It is advisable not to divorce a wife who is sound in her faith and character. Disobedience from the wife has a prescribed religious remedy: admonition, then abandonment in bed, then light corporal punishment. Divorce is the last resort. The husband is financially responsible for the wife, but it is commendable for the wife to help her husband. If the wife assists her husband with a loan, it is a debt incumbent upon him, and she must grant him respite if he is in difficulty. However, if it was a donation, she has no right to reclaim it. It is impermissible for the wife to take household items owned by the husband without his knowledge, and she must return them.
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