Mentioning dower does not make every deferred dower immediately collectible. First establish whether the payment has become due. Hanafi commentary on this passage specifically notes the presently payable (prompt) dower.
Example:
Prompt dower — now due, so the debtor's means may be examined.
Deferred dower — if its due date has not arrived, failure to pay it immediately is not the same legal case.
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When a dower is presently payable
Kitab al-Hajr: Claimed Insolvency, Detention and Release
Mentioning dower does not make every deferred dower immediately collectible. First establish whether the payment has become due. Hanafi commentary on this passage specifically notes the presently payable (prompt) dower.
Example:
Prompt dower — now due, so the debtor's means may be examined.
Deferred dower — if its due date has not arrived, failure to pay it immediately is not the same legal case.