Muhammad Munir, of the International Islamic University, Islamabad – Department of Law, has made available for download his article “Dower in Islamic Law and Pakistani Legal System”. The abstract is as follows:
This work examines some of the crucial questions pertaining to dower under Islamic law and Pakistani legal system. The most important questions that are discussed here include: the meaning, definition, and nature of dower; the various types, classification, and quantity of dower; the significance of prompt dower; whether dower is a condition for the validity of dower? And how is dower judicially interpreted by the higher Courts in Pakistan? In addition, selected cases are also critically evaluated.
To see the full article, click: “Dower in Islamic Law and Pakistani Legal System”
Posted by Marin Larkin, Associate Editor, Wealth Strategies Journal.
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