Fatwa ID: 03336

Answered by: Maulana Mujahid Hussain​

Question

What is the minimum quantity of Mehar in gram for Muslim marriage?

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 

Answer

The minimum Maher is ten dirhams.[1] One dirham is between 2.97 – 3.1 grams of silver ( The difference is based on various calculations of scholars, however, this difference is minimum )

This would mean the minimum Mahar would  be about 30 grams of silver ( strictly speaking anything between 29.7 – 31 grams)

The price of a silver per gram has been between  40p – 43p  over the last six weeks.

So if we were to take into consideration all the mini differences then the minimum Mahar would be between the following figures :

£ 11.88  ( if we based it on the minimum calculation )

£ 13.33   ( if we based it on the maximum calculation )

In summary, the Minimum Maher is about £12 or £13 currently.

The Mahar for the wives and daughters of the Prophet (p.b.u.h)  was 500 dirhams.

This would mean the current value of the Sunnah Mahar would be between £ 594  – £666.50

Only Allah Knows best.

Written by Maulana Mujahid Hussain

Checked and approved by Mufti Tosir Miah 

Darul Ifta Birmingham