When in a Muslim marriage 'Mehr' is unspecified, the wife is entitled to get

Where no dower is fixed in the marriage contract, the wife is entitled to proper dower (mahr-i-misl), fixed by reference to the dower of other women of her father's family and her own personal qualities. Mahr-i-muajjal (prompt) and mahr-i-muwajjal (deferred) describe when a specified dower is payable; they are not the remedy when none is specified.