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أسرة

خلع

Khulʿ

Definition

Divorce initiated by the wife in exchange for returning the mahr or a sum agreed upon.

Example

The wife of Thābit came to the Prophet ﷺ disliking her husband; he told her to return the garden he had given as mahr — and granted her the khulʿ.

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