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Under Muslim personal law, a husband transfers property to his wife outright in payment of her mahr.…

Mahr is a personal entitlement of the wife under Muslim law. If property has been transferred to her outright as mahr, she owns it in her own right. An unpaid mahr…

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Under Muslim personal law, a husband transfers property to his wife outright in payment of her mahr. Who owns the transferred property?

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Mahr is a personal entitlement of the wife under Muslim law. If property has been transferred to her outright as mahr, she owns it in her own right. An unpaid mahr obligation is a separate question of debt.

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Option A

Mahr is due to the wife. Property transferred to her outright in satisfaction of it is hers.

Option B

An outright transfer in payment of mahr does not leave ownership with the husband until the marriage ends.

Option C

Mahr is the wife's personal entitlement. Marriage does not make the transferred property jointly owned by itself.

Option D

Mahr is owed to the wife. Her father does not become the owner merely by reason of that relationship.

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