QUESTION:

What do the scholars of the Dīn and muftīs of the Sacred Law state regarding the following issue: Is a woman entitled to half of all the wealth of a man upon divorce?

Questioner: Brother from UK

ANSWER:

بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم
الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب

A woman, after divorce, can demand the mahr [dower] from her husband, if the mahr was not already paid. She can demand whatever amount has been written in the mahr muwajjal [deferred dower]. However, in Islam, a divorced woman cannot take any amount of wealth of the man, let alone half of his wealth.

واللہ تعالی اعلم ورسولہ اعلم صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم
کتبہ ابو الحسن محمد قاسم ضیاء قادری

Answered by Mufti Qasim Zia al-Qadri
Translated by the SeekersPath team

Read the original Urdu answer here: [Q-ID0814] Is a woman entitled to half of all the wealth of a man upon divorce?