Where Muslim personal law governs and dower has become due but remains unpaid, how may the wife enforce…

Dower that has become due is a debt enforceable against the husband. The wife can bring a civil claim to recover it.

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Where Muslim personal law governs and dower has become due but remains unpaid, how may the wife enforce the debt during the husband’s lifetime?

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Correct answer A

Dower that has become due is a debt enforceable against the husband. The wife can bring a civil claim to recover it.

Option A

Due dower is an enforceable debt.

Option B

The debt does not automatically transfer title to property.

Option C

A monetary claim does not authorize forcible or unauthorized possession.

Option D

Unpaid dower creates a claim. It does not by itself dissolve the marriage.