I would like to know as in Malaysia and Singapore there is "Hantaran" and "Mas Kawin" during the nikah time...which one of this is consider "Mehr".
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Malay culture local rituals
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Although we are not very familiar with the Malay culture,
to the best of our knowledge the nominal ‘Mas-Kawin’ is supposedly the
obligatory ‘mehr’ which the groom pays to the bride at the solemnization of
‘nikaah’; and the usually substantial ‘Hantaran’ or what is sometimes called
‘Belanja Hantaran’ or ‘Belanja Hangus’ is a customary practice.
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