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108 ISLAM ITS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES
(v) If a woman exonerate her husband from any
part or even from the whole of the
dower, it is approved.
(vi) If a man retires with his wife, and there be
no legal or natural obstruction to the
conjugal relation, and he afterwards
divorce her, the whole dower in this case
goes to her. Such retirement is called
Khilwatu'~-~aQ.iQ., the complete retirement.
(vii) If a man retire with his wife whilst one of
them is sick, or fasting in the month of
Rama4an, or in the IQ.ram of a pilgrimage,
whether obligatory or voluntary, or
of a visitation at the shrine of the
prophet, or whilst the woman is in her
courses-this is not regarded as a
Khilwatu·~-~aQ.iQ. (see above vi) or complete
retirement, insomuch that if the
man were to divorce his wife after such
a retirement, the woman is entitled to
her half dower only; because all the
above circumstances are bars to the
conjugal relation.
(viii) When the husband has duly paid to his wife
the whole of her dower, he is at liberty
to carry her wherever he pleases.
(ix) A woman may refuse to admit her husband
to conjugal relation until she receives
her dower of him. A woman is also at
liberty to resist her husband taking her
upon a journey until she shall have
received her dower of him.
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(x) It is further to be observed, that even if the
husband should have conjugal relation,
or should have been in Kbilwatu'~-~aQ.iQ.
with his wife, yet the rule is the same;
that is to say, she is still at liberty to
refuse to admit him to conjugal relation,
or to resist his taking her upon a
journey, until such time as she shall have
received the whole of her prompt dower
from him. But she is, notwithstanding,
entitled to her subsistence.
(xi) Dower is of the following kinds:
(a) Mihr Mu'ajjal, "prompt dower," the
dower stipulated to be paid promptly
after marriage.
(b) Mihr Muwajjal, "delayed dower," the
dower stipulated to be paid at some
future period, as a year, or so forth.
(c) Mihru'l-Mithal, "proper dower," is
that which is:regulated, in its amount
or value, by that of the dower of her
paternal relations, such as her
paternal sisters or aunts, or the
daughters of her paternal uncles, and
so forth. A woman's Mihru'l-Mithal
is not to be regulated by the dower
of her mother or her aunt, where
they are not descended of her
father's family.
(5) The Absence of Legal Disabilities,
The prohibitions to marriage are based on the teaching
of the Qur'an, Sura 4: 26,27. According to the explanation
given by Sayyid Amir Ali, the prohibitions may be