If a husband claims to have paid the Mahr after conditioning divorce upon non-payment during illness, whose claim prevails regarding inheritance?
Chapter on Distant Kindred (Dhawu al-Arham)
Al-Mughni
Book of Inheritance Shares (Farā'id)
Primary text
If the husband claims he paid her Mahr and she denies it, the husband is believed concerning her inheritance because the default assumption is the continuation of the marriage contract. She is not believed regarding his exoneration from the debt because the default assumption is that the debt remains due from him.