Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage Chapter: Conjugal Relation without Paying Mahr ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) الرَّجُلُ يَتَزَوَّجُ الْ٠َرْأَةَ عَلَى الصَّدَاقِ الْ٠ِ يَدْخُلُ بِهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهَا قَالَ يُقَدِّ٠َا قَلَّ أَوْ كَثُرَ إِلا أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ وَفَاءٌ ٠ِنْ عَرَضٍ إِنْ حَدَثَ بِهِ حَدَثٌ أُدِّيَ عَنْهُ فَلا بَأْسَ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘He must pay in advance a little or more unless he has a certain asset which is enough to pay her mahr (dower) in case something happens to him, then it is not unlawful.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/165))