Dr AbdulHameed Shuaib Agaka
An
Islamic cleric, Dr AbdulHameed Shuaib Agaka has said that the current
value of the dowry to be paid in lslamic marriage that was in
consonance with Nigeria’s current economy is N13, 438..
Speaking
in his weekly Islamic radio programme monitored in Ilorin, Dr.
Agaka said that the payment of dowry was the most important aspect of
an Islamic marriage.
According
to the cleric, who was a former Scholar with School for Arabic
Studies and Bayero University Kano, the
marriage would become invalid and illegal without the dowry being
paid.
He
said: "The
dowry in Islam is paid by the man to his wife-to-be as an honour and
respect given to her to show his sincerity and commitment to the
marriage which also signifies sense of responsibility and
obligation."
According
to him, the acceptable current dowry in any Islamic marriage in
Nigeria’s local currency stands at N13,438, adding that it is
however permissible for wealthy husbands to pay amounts higher than
the official acceptable fee.
The
former don said prospective husbands could use cows, parcels of land,
gold and other valuables as payment of dowry for their intended
wives.
He
advised Moslem’s to always abide with the validities under the
lslamic marriage to curb cases of unwanted children in the society.
Dr.
Abdulhameed who is also the Chief Imam of Agaka in Ilorin Emirate of
Kwara State, condemned what he described as ostentatious spending in
Islamic marriages, saying that what was most significant in any
Islamic marriage was payment of dowry to the bride and adequate care
and protection after marriage.
“It
is only the payment of dowry that guarantees legal access and full
control of wife by the husband,’’ the cleric said.
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