Social Matters >> Nikah (Marriage)
Question ID: 43444Country: India
Answer ID: 43444
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 260/260/M=1434) The permissibility of dowry can be established from hadith only to an extent that the daughter is married simply by giving some necessary things and it should be free from demands, customs, prompt and show and other formalities. The trend of ongoing dowry which involves several evils and atrocity is not supported by any Hadith rather it is condemned by hadith. The current difference between Indian culture and that of Saudi Arabia is due to custom and tradition.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India