Social Matters >> Nikah (Marriage)
Question ID: 5919Country: India
Answer ID: 5919Posted on: Aug 30, 2020
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 675/633=L/1429)
While giving the bangles if he intended to give it as mehr (dower) then he can count in the same. If he indented nothing, then obviously it was a gift, not mehr, and once it is gift it can not be converted to mehr:
ولو بعث الی امراتہ شیئاً و لم یذکر جھۃ المھر کقولہ لشمع او حناء، ثم قال: انہ المھر لم یقبل ۔۔۔ لوقوعہ ھدیۃ فلا ینقلب مھراً (کذا فی الدر المختار)
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India