Should the mahr be cash or gold?

Q: Regarding Mahr, what did you say about Mahr whether it should be cash or gold or any other thing?

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A: Both ways are permissible, as long as your wife agrees to it.

وَآتُوا النِّسَاءَ صَدُقَاتِهِنَّ نِحْلَةً فَإِن طِبْنَ لَكُمْ عَن شَيْءٍ مِّنْهُ نَفْسًا فَكُلُوهُ هَنِيئًا مَّرِيئًا ﴿النساء: ٤﴾

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)