عقر (مہر کا بدل)

العُقْر

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 ^{1 2}. Ajr is wider and covers the price of benefits generally, while uqr is used only of benefit from the woman's body ². 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 ².