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How can a wife be compensated for her dower (mahr) that her husband took in 1965 CE and has not repaid until 2019 CE?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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This husband owes his wife this amount, and he must return it without any increase for the delay, unless he voluntarily offers an increase as a gift and an act of generosity, which is permissible, even desirable. Given the significant changes in currency exchange rates, a group of contemporary scholars believes that this should be taken into account when settling deferred debts if there is egregious deception or a currency collapse that causes considerable harm to the creditor.

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