{"id":6035,"date":"2024-07-10T07:42:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/ownership-of-dowry\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T07:42:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:42:13","slug":"ownership-of-dowry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/ownership-of-dowry\/","title":{"rendered":"Ownership Of Dowry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question<\/h3>\n

My question is regarding the ownership of dowry.<\/p>\n

Who is the actual owner of dowry items (including furniture, ornaments, crockery etc) that the bride’s parents gift her in wedding?<\/p>\n

Who is the actual owner of ornaments that a bride receive from her in-laws in wedding?<\/p>\n

Does the husband or the in-laws has any right on the dowry items? does the husband has any right to gift them to his family without concerning his wife’s will?<\/p>\n

Hope your answers will help me erase my confusions.<\/p>\n

Answer<\/h3>\n

Since the dowry items are gifted to the bride these are exclusively her possession. She is also the rightful owner of the items gifted to her by her in-laws. When we gift something to another person we actually transfer its ownership to that person. According to the Shari`ah nobody including her husband enjoys any right on the possessions of the bride and can no way gift or lend it to any party without the consent of the wife.<\/p>\n

It may further be worth mentioning here that the Qur’an has strictly prohibited the husband to ask for the return of any such gifts even in the case of separation and\/or divorce.<\/p>\n

Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> 2014-12-05<\/p>\n