Mahr in Divine Religious
AbstractThroughout history, the family has been cared and detailed provisions have been made. One of these provisions is to pay one of the spouses to the other depending on the wedding. This payment is double sided in Judaism. The portion which paid by groom to bride’s father is called “mohar”, which paid by bride’s father to groom is called “drahoma”. It is possible to mention the existence of drahoma as a tradition in Christianity. The name of this payment in Islam is mahr which is paid by man to woman herself. It becomes woman’s own property. It can’t be used without her permission. Even under different names, such as mohar, drahoma, dowry, kalın, this payment is not only available in spiritual religions but also in non-religious systems . This situation implies the importance of the issue and the need to address it, but also prevents us from limiting the phenomenon to the religious sphere. Therefore, in our study the payment to the spouses will be discussed, but the examination of the whole will be transferred to the wider studies and its scope will be limited to the heavenly religions. In this context, general information about the mentioned concepts will be given, the provisions of this payment will be examined and similarities and differences between them will be tried to be determined.