Terms Of The Standard 'Nikahnama'

Updated on: 7 February 2024 7:40 pm

Mehr amount should be payable in property, gold, silver, shares or some security instead of prevalent currency.
The husband should agree that neither he nor his relatives would ask the wife to waive the mehr amount at any time.
Mehr amount can never be decreased.
The husband should agree not to take recourse to triple talaq except by prescribed procedures. Or, he will have to pay triple the mehr amount.
The husband will not contract another marriage while still married to his first wife without her consent. If so hewill have to pay his first wife triple the mehr amount.
The first wife has first right over the matrimonial home and will not have to share it with the second wife.
The wife will have the first option in terms of custody rights of children.
The right to divorce unilaterally shall be delegated to the wife by the husband.