Originally posted by: mariya19
agree with point 1 n 3.. but i dont think dowry is haram in islam..i heard prophet Sallahu Alaihi WaSalam gave things of necessities to his daughter like utensils to cook with..agree one should not ask 4 dowry..i personally hate people asking 4 it
correct me if m wrong
No, dowry is haram in Islam. However, if the bride wants to take something with her than that is completely fine. Like I said in my post, giving a few gifts is fine, but making it a compulsory demand for marriage is wrong.
The word mehr is translated into dowry in English. Mehr is mentioned in the Quran-e-Pak. However, in in the Quran-e-pak, it is mentioned as the right of the woman from her husband, not the other way around. It is quite unfortunate that we have adopted the dowry system, because it comes from patriarchal norms not from Islam.