How are things divided when a couple is divorced? If a woman is divorced on her own accord, what things can she take from the house?

As we know, young couples make a religious marriage (nikah) and they determine a certain amount of mahr. What should a woman do when she wants to be divorced from her husband? What kind of things can she take from the house when she is divorced if she herself wants to be divorced?

Dear Brother / Sister,

Mahr is necessary when the religious marriage is made. If the spouses remained alone or had sexual intercourse after the marriage, the woman deserves to get the whole mahr. If not, she deserves half of the mahr. 

According to Shafii madhhab, the woman deserves the whole mahr if they had sexual intercourse, not by remaining alone with the man and as a result of the death of the man. 

If divorce takes place after the woman deserves the whole mahr, she will not return the mahr. However, if her husband says to her, "If you return the mahr I have given you to me, I will divorce you", and if the woman accepts it and returns the mahr and if the husband divorces her in return for it, she is divorced and the husband deserves that mahr.   

After the divorce, the woman takes the things that belong to her and the man takes the things that belong to him.

It is not appropriate for the woman and man to demand the things that they gave to each other as gifts. However, they can return them if they wish.

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