What is the religious ruling on compelling a husband to sign a blank trust receipt and a list of non-existent movables, with a total value of 60,000 thousand Egyptian Pounds, after he returns to his divorced wife?
It is not permissible for the wife's family to stipulate to the husband, in order for him to return to his wife, that he sign a blank trust receipt or a list of movables that exceeds what actually exists.
If the wife is still within her 'iddah (waiting period), the husband has the right to take her back without conditions. However, if the 'iddah from the first or second divorce has ended, then she has become irrevocably divorced with a minor separation (baynunah sughra), and the couple can reunite with a new contract and dowry. The wife's guardian has the right to stipulate that the husband sign a list of the movables that actually exist and are owned by the wife, but he does not have the right to add to it what does not exist or what the wife does not own. Likewise, it is not permissible for the wife's guardian to stipulate the signing of a blank trust receipt, but he can demand the signing of a trust receipt for the value of the deferred dowry (mu'akhar sadaq), if it exists.
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