01-02-2008, 06:34 PM
Bismillah
Jazakum Allah khairan for clarifying this Karbala, till I continue more on this issue in particular and sum my other comments in general, let me give you 2 Ayahs:
Quran 2:236
And if you divorce them before you have touched (had a sexual relation with) them, and you have appointed unto them the bridal money, then pay half of that, unless they (the women) agree to forego it, or he (the husband), in whose hands is the marriage tie, agrees to forego and give her full appointed bridal money. And to forego and give (her the full bridal money) is nearer to piety. And do not forget liberality between yourselves. Truly, Allah is All-Seer of what you do.
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33:49
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نَكَحْتُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَمَسُّوهُنَّ فَمَا لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِنْ عِدَّةٍ تَعْتَدُّونَهَا فَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ وَسَرِّحُوهُنَّ سَرَاحًا جَمِيلًا
O you who believe! When you marry believing women, and then divorce them before you have sexual intercourse with them, no 'Iddah [divorce prescribed period] have you to count in respect of them. So give them a present, and set them free i.e. divorce, in a handsome manner.
There isnt such thing as marriage without financial compensation, unless the woman gives it up.
Insh a Allah I will come to that later.