Whose right is the dower payment when an endowed female slave is married?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Endowments (Awqaf) and Donations

Book 27 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

The dower belongs to the beneficiary (mawquf 'alayh) because it is the compensation (badal) for her usufruct, akin to the wages in a tenancy contract.