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Under Muslim personal law, which rule applies to agreeing the payment terms for specified dower (mahr)?

Prompt dower is payable on demand. Deferred dower is due at the time or event agreed upon, commonly dissolution of the marriage by death or divorce. The parties may agree…

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Under Muslim personal law, which rule applies to agreeing the payment terms for specified dower (mahr)?

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Prompt dower is payable on demand. Deferred dower is due at the time or event agreed upon, commonly dissolution of the marriage by death or divorce. The parties may agree that all of the specified dower will be prompt or deferred, or that only part will be deferred.

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Option A

The agreement may also make the whole amount prompt or the whole amount deferred.

Option B

An agreed split may be unequal. No equal division is required.

Option C

The parties may fix the relative amounts or choose entirely prompt or entirely deferred payment.

Option D

The parties can agree on the portions themselves. No court allocation is required.

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