Invalidity of heavy dowries

Document Type : Original Article

Author

PHD Student Of Fiqh and Islamic Law Foundation at Tabriz Islamic Azad University

Abstract

Dowry is property or money will pay by husband to her bride in return marriage. In this article it is attempted the legal nature impossible dowry that couple agreed commitments will be specified. One of the possible instances of non-dowry, dowry is heavy that determining the extent of it, regardless of ability to couple to surrender, the source of many problems in society. For this purpose, competent and ethical legal principles governing the amount of dowry to be recognized that with its actions can be taken to solve the problem of skyrocketing dowries. In this regard, we want to solve the problem of family and social, legal and religious we find solutions. In this paper, the amount of dowry in imami and sunah Jurisprudence and law in Iran and the condition of delivery power of dowry and the possibility of regulatory intervention to amount of it has been investigated and finally we consider the invalidation of such dowries justified and is being correct.

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Volume 4, Issue 8 - Serial Number 8
January 2016
Pages 79-92
  • Receive Date: 02 September 2015
  • Revise Date: 30 October 2015
  • Accept Date: 09 January 2016