An Investigation into the Conflict between Lien and the Right of Enjoyment between Couples and the Procedure to Solve it

Dowry is one of the issues agreed in the marriage contract and as soon as the marriage contract is written, the wife acquires its ownership and has the right to demand it from the husband. The lawgiver and consequently the customary legislator, has forged a lien for a woman with some conditions for the executive guarantee of receiving the dowry, so that the woman can receive her dowry by refusing to obey. On the other hand, by concluding a marriage, a man has the right of enjoyment and can derive sexual pleasure from the woman. If these two rights are exercised simultaneously, there will be a conflict between them, because if the lien is exercised, the man will no longer be able to enjoy sexually and his right will be restricted. The solution to the conflict is discussed in this paper and the assumptions in which the right of enjoyment of the spouse takes precedence include four cases: the precedence of the condition; priority of the ruler verdict regarding the dowry payment by installments over the lien; the dowry being delayed; the assumption that the dowry payment should be made when possible, and the assumptions in which the lien of the wife takes precedence is in three cases: the assumption of the existence of conventional dowry and upon capability; delegation of dowry; tafwīḍ al-buḍ‘ (not determining the marriage portion in marriage contract) and disagreement over the dowry, have been investigated.