According to the Hanbali school of thought, does a woman have the right to seek annulment of the marriage contract due to the non-payment of the deferred dower after its due date has passed?
If the husband procrastinates in paying the dowry when its due date arrives, the Hanbalis differentiate between procrastination with the ability to pay and insolvency. In the case of ability, the woman does not have the right to annul the marriage, but he is compelled to pay, and she has the right to prevent him from having conjugal relations. In the case of insolvency, she has the right to annul the marriage by the judge’s ruling, especially if she was unaware of his insolvency. The second, relied-upon opinion in the school of thought is that she has the right to annul the marriage before or after consummation by a ruler’s decree.
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