What is the ruling regarding the dowry (*Sadaq*) if the husband grants a slave as part of the dowry, the wife then gifts half of the slave, and the husband divorces her before consummation?

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The ruling depends on two established narrations. If the ruling dictates that the husband receives nothing back when the wife gifts the entire slave, then in this scenario, he reverts ownership of one quarter (his remaining half of the dowry). Alternatively, if the ruling dictates that he reverts ownership of the entire remaining half, it is because he finds the thing itself (*'ayn*). This position is held by Abu Yusuf, Muhammad, and Al-Muzani. The primary evidence is that he found half of what he gifted as the dowry in its original form, which is analogous to the situation where she did not gift anything at all.