GREAT PUNISHMENT FOR TAKING AWAY A WOMAN'S MAHR A woman's mahr is a serious debt around a man's neck. Thus, it is a major sin to take it away from her without her consent. lbn 'Umar (radiAllaahu anh) reported that Allah's Messenger ( ﷺ) said: ''Indeed, among the greatest sins before Allah is that of a man who marries a woman, and after he fulfills his need with her, he divorces her and takes her mahr; and a man who hires another man but does not give him his pay; and a man who kills an animal without reason.'' [Recorded by al-Hakim and al-Bayhaqi. Verified to be Hasan by al-Albani (Sahi ul­ Jami' no. 1567 ]