If the husband gives the mahr (dowry) to his wife and tells her to furnish the house from the mahr, does he have the right to do that? In our country they make the woman furnish the house. Is it obligatory on the wife to pay part of her mahr towards furnishing the house?
Praise be to Allaah.
The mahr is the exclusive right of the women, to dispose of as she
wishes. She does not have to prepare the house, because there is no
text in the sources of sharee’ah which state that the wife is under
any obligation to prepare the marital home. There is nothing to state
that her parents are obliged to prepare the house either. No one has
the right to force her to do that. If she does anything to prepare the
house or the furnishings and equipment that are needed, this is voluntary
on her part.Preparing the house is an
obligation on the husband. He is the one who has to do everything that
is needed to prepare the marital home by supplying furnishings, conveniences,
equipment and whatever else is needed in the home, because that is all
part of the spending which he is obliged to spend on his wife.
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