A man who marries a woman, declaring one amount publicly and less in secret

Al-Hasan said: If a man, when fixing a woman's dowry (mahr), stated one amount in secret and another amount publicly, what was stated in secret will be taken into account and the public statement will be void.

Shurayh said: What was stated in secret will be taken into account and the public statement will be void.

Al-Zuhri said: What was stated in secret will be taken into account.

Mansur said: I asked al-Hakam bin Utaybah: If a man fixes a dowry (mahr) of one thousand in secret and two thousand publicly, which will be taken into account? He said: What was stated in secret will be taken into account, because that is the truth, and the public statement will be void.

Shurayh said: The first of the two will be taken into account.