TA’LIM AL-QUR’AN SEBAGAI MAHAR DALAM PANDANGAN IBN HAJAR AL-‘ASQALĀNIY DAN SYAMSUDDĪN ABU BAKR IBN ABĪ SAHL AL-SARAKHSIY

Abstract

Shari'ah does not set a minimum and maximum dowry
limit in marriage. There are no texts, both the Qur'an and Hadith,
that are concrete and definite that can be used as a tendency for the
legality of the dowry in marriage. What is often used as a reference
is a hadith narrated by Imam Ahmad, Ibn Majah, and Tirmidhi which
tells of a woman from Bani Fazarah who was married only for a
dowry of a pair of sandals. Therefore, scholars differ on the law of
giving a dowry in marriage. According to Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ahmad bin 'Ali Ibn
Hajar Al-'Asqalāniy, quoted the opinion of his predecessor scholars
that it is permissible to teach the Qur'an to be used as a marriage
dowry. This is equated with the ability to take wages when teaching
the Qur'an. Meanwhile, al-Sarakhshi (a leader of the Hanafi cleric)
says otherwise, that is, teaching the Qur'an is not allowed as a legal
dowry. This is based directly on the text of al-Qur'an. The Qur'an as
according to the Hanafi jurists.