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I conducted my marriage contract without consummating it. Now the bride requests a divorce. What are her rights in Islamic law?
Answer
Divorce before consummation of marriage is final.
A wife's unilateral request for divorce
A woman is entitled to those rights that she and her spouse agree upon if she requests divorce. In such a case, she attends the divorce sitting and absolves her husband of all or some of her rights that are prescribed by Islamic law.
Divorce through khul'
A wife whose husband does not wish to divorce her and who is granted a divorce through khul' [divorce initiated by the wife in return for remuneration to the husband] is to return to him both the advanced portion of her mahr [dowry] which includes the shabka [the gift that the groom traditionally gives his fiancée, usually jewelry] and the items included in the registry of furniture and absolve him of the deferred portion of the dowry.
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