mahr: an amount of money or property transferred by a man to his bride when they marry as his gift to her
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19ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): أفضَلُ نِساءِ اُمَّتِي أصبَحُهُنَّ وَجهاً وأقَلُّهُنَّ مَهراً. |
| 19– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The best women of my community are those that have the prettiest faces and the smallest dowries.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 103, p. 237, no. 25] |
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20ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): خَيرُ الصَّداقِ أيسَرُهُ. |
| 20– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The best dowry is the simplest one.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44707] |
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21ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أمّا شُؤمُ المَرأةِ فكَثرَةُ مَهرِها وعُقوقُ زَوجِها. |
| 21– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The bane of a woman is her excessive dowry and her disrespect of her husband.’[Ma`ani al-Akhbar, p. 152, no. 1] |
