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Originally Posted by Arabesque
No the wali doesn't decide the mahr. He proposes, and accepts the mahr on behalf of the bride. The money then goes to the bride.
I hope some of you are only sharing unqualified opinions, not stating what really happens. It would be shocking to know if some of the things I;ve read on this thread is actually implemented, like the suggestion above.
I don't claim to be a 3alim or anything, but I've worked for the marriage courts back home. Our courts are mainly based on the Maliki and Shafi3i fiqh, but we do have qualified judges in all the four madhahib.
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Yeah. Not only that, but also within the Hanafi school of fiqh (not sure about other schools), when a woman reaches a certain age, she can act as her own wali for the purposes of marriage, and doesn't need to get the permission of her father or other male relatives. So in that case, she would be involved in negotiating the mahr directly.
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