A man who marries a woman on her own judgement of the mahr

Al-Nakha'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna al-Ash'ath (may Allah be pleased with him) married a woman on the basis of whatever dowry she would ask for. The case was then brought before Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: "Satisfy her, satisfy her."

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If a marriage takes place on the condition that the dowry will be set by the judgment of the woman or the man, and then the one setting it is unjust in the dowry, she will receive the dowry customary for women like her (mahr al-mithl), without any reduction or excess, and the marriage is valid.

Muhammad bin Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Amr bin Hurayth (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a marriage proposal for the daughter of Sayyiduna Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The dowry will be set according to my judgment. Amr bin Hurayth consulted his friends, and they said: Will you make a man of Tayy the judge in the matter of your marriage? Amr bin Hurayth nevertheless entrusted the judgment to him, and Sayyiduna Adi ruled that the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was four hundred and eighty. Amr sent him ten thousand and said: Prepare your daughter for the wedding.

Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna al-Ash'ath (may Allah be pleased with him) married a woman on the basis of whatever dowry she would ask for. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him about her, and he said: I spent a night that only Allah knows of, afraid that she would demand of me the wealth of Qays. Sayyiduna Umar said: She is not entitled to that; she is only entitled to the dowry customary for women like her.

Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If a man marries a woman on the basis of a dowry of his own choosing, and the woman dies before the dowry has been set, she is entitled to the dowry customary for women like her.

Abd al-Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man married a woman on the basis of a dowry of his own choosing, and then he set ten dirhams as the dowry. Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) declared it permissible and said: The Muslims used to marry for less than that and for more.