{
 "id": "concept/uqr",
 "class": "concept",
 "slug": "uqr",
 "label": {
  "ar": "العُقْر",
  "en": "Dower for intercourse without a valid contract (uqr)",
  "ur": "عقر (مہر کا بدل)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "العقر في اللغة المهر، وهو المهر الذي يُعطى للمغتصبة من الإماء، وقيل مهر المرأة إذا وُطئت بشبهة، وفي الاصطلاح في الحرائر مهر المثل، وفي الإماء عشر القيمة لو كانت بكراً ونصفه لو كانت ثيباً {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11769} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11770}. ويفرق بينه وبين الأجر، فالأجر أعم، ويستعمل في عقد المنافع وغيرها، والعقر لا يستعمل إلا في منافع البضع {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11770}. ويجب المهر في النكاح الصحيح بالعقد والدخول، ويجب في النكاح الفاسد بالدخول، وكذلك في الوطء بشبهة، واختلفوا هل الواجب المسمى أو مهر المثل {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11770}.",
  "en": "In the lexicon, uqr is the dower, especially the dower given to a woman forced or taken as a slave-woman; it is also the dower of a woman who is had by mistake. As a term it is the dower of the usual kind for a free woman and, for a slave-woman, a tenth of her value if she was a virgin or half of it if she was not {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11769} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11770}. Ajr is wider and covers the price of benefits generally, while uqr is used only of benefit from the woman's body {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11770}. The dower is due in a valid marriage on the contract and consummation, and in a void marriage on consummation; it is due also for intercourse under a mistake, and the jurists differ on whether the stipulated dower or the customary dower is due {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11770}."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "ideas"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "global"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "family-marriage-kinship",
  "women"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "legal",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الموسوعة الفقهية الكويتية، نسخة نور بوك، مدخل «عُقْر»، ص 11769-11770 من المسح",
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5",
   "model": "claude-haiku-5-5",
   "run": "mawsua-w07-batch27"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5; headword عُقْر complete on scan pp.11769-11770 (lexical sense, the dower by kind, related term ajr, the rule on valid, void and mistaken unions). The cross-reference عقعق (انظر: أطعمة) is skipped. Next headword عَقْل begins on scan p.11771. Footnote citations omitted"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "العقر في اللغة المهر، وقيل مهر المرأة إذا وُطئت بشبهة. وفي الاصطلاح في الحرائر مهر المثل، وفي الإماء عشر القيمة لو كانت بكراً ونصفه لو كانت ثيباً {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11769} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11770}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "الفرق بينه وبين الأجر",
     "markdown": "الأجر أعم، فيستعمل في عقد المنافع وغيرها، أما العقر فلا يستعمل إلا في منافع البضع {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11770}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "وجوب المهر",
     "markdown": "يجب المهر في النكاح الصحيح بالعقد والدخول، ويجب في النكاح الفاسد بالدخول، وكذلك في الوطء بشبهة، واختلفوا هل الواجب المسمى أو مهر المثل {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11770}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "مواطن البحث",
     "markdown": "تُنظر أحكام المهر في «مهر»، والشبهة في «شبهة» {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11770}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/uqr",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "In the lexicon, uqr is the dower, especially the dower given to a woman forced or taken as a slave-woman, and also the dower of a woman had by mistake {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11769}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Its amount",
     "markdown": "For a free woman it is the customary dower; for a slave-woman it is a tenth of her value if she was a virgin and half of that if she was not {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11769} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11770}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Ajr and uqr",
     "markdown": "Ajr is wider and covers the price of benefits generally, while uqr is used only of benefit from the woman's body {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11770}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "When it is due",
     "markdown": "The dower is due in a valid marriage on the contract and consummation, and in a void marriage on consummation; it is also due for intercourse under a mistake. The jurists differ on whether the stipulated dower or the customary dower is due {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11770}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Where to look further",
     "markdown": "The rules of dower are treated under «mahr», and mistake under «shubha» {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11770}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/uqr",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "لغت میں عقر مہر کو کہتے ہیں، خاص طور پر اس مہر کو جو کسی زبردستی مباشرت کی گئی لونڈی کو دیا جائے، اور شبہ سے مباشرت کی گئی عورت کا مہر بھی {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11769}۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حکم",
     "markdown": "آزاد عورت کے لیے مہر مثل واجب ہے، جبکہ لونڈی کے لیے کنواری ہونے کی صورت میں قیمت کا دسواں حصہ اور ثیبہ ہونے کی صورت میں اس کا نصف {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11769} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11770}۔"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/uqr",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-23",
 "connections": [],
 "related": [
  "concept/adl-nikah",
  "concept/afal",
  "concept/anus-spinster",
  "concept/dhukura-fiqh",
  "concept/jahili-marriage-forms",
  "concept/social-condition-jahiliyya",
  "concept/wad",
  "event/custody-of-hamzas-daughter"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}