Inflation Adjustment Of Haq Mehar After 16 Years
Thank you so much Dr Irfan Shahzad for your prompt response. This has been really useful for and also for other women in my situation. With the consultation of my lawyer, I wanted to request if you share any relevant resources from where such justification can be derived so that I can prove my case in the court of law. Relevant resources may include any prior cases, Muslims countries that have law for this, or any valid citation from Islamic history. I am really thankful for your cooperation.
Since issues like delayed Mehar conditional upon divorce etc. were not present at the time of Sahaba, you may not find any valid citation from Islamic History of the earliest times. Imam Ibn-e-Taymiyah wrote: The Sahaba did not write down mehars because they did not get married with a delayed portion of the mehar; rather they would pay the mehar immediately, and if they delayed it, it would be well-known. But when people began to arrange marriages with a deferred portion to be paid after a long time, and it might be forgotten, they began to write down the deferred portion, and that became proof in confirming the mehar and that she was his wife . [Majmu al-Fatawa (32/131)] Therefore, this kind of jurisprudence evolved in later times and there are both views found in this regard. In Hanafi Jurisprudence, Imam Abu Yusuf, a very prominent jurist holds the same view as that of Ghamidi Sahab. Following resources may be of some help to you where both views can be read and understood: https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/296497/inflation-not-a-factor-in-the-settlement-of-delayed-mahr https://islamqa.info/en/answers/246311/how-the-delayed-portion-of-the-mahr-may-be-paid-when-the-value-of-the-currency-has-dropped
I can’t thank you enough Dr UMeR Qureshi for your prompt and continued support and cooperation.