Domestic Issues and Their Solutions — Page 116
116 Significance of Haq Mehr Abiding by Promises and Payment of Haq Mehr In one of his Friday sermons Huzoor e Anwer (may Allah be his Helper) explained the Islamic teaching on abiding by prom ises in detail and said: ‘Promises are broken in every - day matters and this can gradually lead to serious conflict. In the case of reconciliation after a conflict, pacts are made. When reconciliatory organisations bring about resolution between two individ uals, the individuals concur and promise to keep peace. At times it is also done in writing. However, at times as soon as they leave an office or a court after reaching a resolution, they start arguing with each other with no regard for the promises and pa cts made. The pact of nikah is between two individua ls, which is not being respected in such situations. This pact is indeed made publically taking Allah as Witness whilst being conditional to abiding by the terms of righteousness. Yet, there are people of such disposition who do not even care about this. They do not fulfil the rights of their wives and are abusive to them. In spite of being well - off they give meagre house - keeping, they do not pay haq mehr to their wives although at the time of nikah they h ad stood up very proudly in front of everyone and declared that they completely agreed with the amount of the haq mehr ! Who knows if these people agree to the haq mehr amount for