Haqq Al Aqd & Haqq Al Mali Settlement

Haqq Al Aqd is the marriage-portion right arising from the marriage contract, due to the surviving spouse. Haqq Al Mali is a monetary right — money owed to or by the deceased. These are our firm's service terms, defined plainly; no statute defines the paired terms. We identify which applies and settle each on its own paperwork.

The sequence — obligations before distribution — is statutory. In Dubai, non-Muslim estates are distributed only after funeral expenses, administration and implementation expenses, executor remuneration, and debts are settled in that order (Dubai Law No. 15 of 2017, Art. 5). For Muslim estates, settled practice likewise requires funeral costs, debts including deferred mahr, and valid bequests before division.

Before the wider estate is divided, so heirs receive shares already clear of these claims. Bring the marriage contract and any records of payment.

No. Settlement runs through the court and estate process — our role is identification, calculation, and documentation, recorded in writing and signed by the parties, so the estate moves forward without this question open.

UAE law treats mahr as a monetary right of the wife, enforceable on the marriage contract and payable on divorce or the husband's death. Unpaid or deferred mahr therefore sits with the estate's obligations, ahead of division.