Haq Mehr is a payment in cash or other valuables made by a husband to his wife at the time of their marriage. Previously, a woman was required by the Shariat Court to return just 25 per cent of this amount after khula.
"The Federal Shariat Court has ruled that Muslim women who seek Khula from their husbands have to return Haq Mehr received from their spouses at the time of their union. Making it more difficult for women to leave abusive marriages. Why does this country hate women so much?" questioned one woman.
"They're told from the beginning that men are superior to women in every which way (I know this from personal experience). So when that's threatened, they react in the worst possible way", responded one man, adding that "We are merely unwilling to put in the effort to learn and change."
https://twitter.com/ChayePhilosophy/status/1498253929964240898
"Many [people] were worried about the surging rate of divorce. And here's how they put their worries into action by ensuring [that] women keep living in abusive relationships" wrote one woman.
https://twitter.com/MisbahIslamKhan/status/1498228207979405315
"Let women be equal inheritors of property, so there is no need for this useless thing called haq mehr which hardly any woman gets in any case, [and] then do away with different categories of talaq, khula, whatnot" opined another woman.
https://twitter.com/MaryamShKhan/status/1498283156142710790
The new directive goes into effect on May 1, 2022. The court also ruled that if a man leaves his wife, then he should pay her Haq Mehr.