Mahar Perspektif Tafsir Al-Ibriz dan Al-Misbah

Abstract

Dowry is a gift that must be given by the future husband to the future wife as proof of sincere love, both in material and temporal form. There is no minimum or maximum limit that a prospective husband must set to his future wife. However, Allah SWT asks couples who are going to get married to prepare a reasonable dowry. There is no reason not to spend money. The purpose of this study is to determine how the interpretation of marriage dowry by Bisri Musthofa and Quraish Shihab is, as well as the similarities and differences between the two books of tafsir. To achieve this goal, the author uses the library research method, namely by collecting data from various literature, ranging from the books of tafsir al-Ibriz and al-Misbah to books such as The results of the study show that, according to Bisri Musthofa, dowry is a voluntary gift given by the husband to his partner before marriage, without imposing the size or size of the nominal dowry. He only said that the dowry was given voluntarily and based on an agreement between the two prospective bride and groom. However, according to Quraish Shihab, dowry must be given with the consent of the family and has material value.