The FaraidHub Mahr Calculator works out today's value of a Mahr in seconds from a gold or silver weight priced live. This guide walks through every field so you know exactly what to enter.

Before You Start: What You Need

Check your nikah (marriage contract) document first — the Mahr amount is normally recorded there, either as a metal weight (grams, or sometimes tola/masha in South Asian contracts) or as a fixed currency figure. You'll also want to know whether it was agreed as prompt, deferred, or split between the two.

Step 1: Set Your Currency

Enter your currency symbol first (R, $, £, RM, د.إ — whatever applies), and a currency conversion rate if you want the result converted from USD, so the result displays correctly. Leave the rate blank to see the figure in USD.

Step 2: Pick a Mahr Type or Enter a Custom Weight

Pick a Mahr type: Shar'i Minimum (10 silver dirhams, ~30.61g), Mahr Azwaj an-Nabi (500 silver dirhams, ~1,530.9g), Mahr Fatimi (480 silver dirhams, ~1,469.66g), or Custom to enter your own weight and choose gold or silver. Selecting a type fills in the weight and metal automatically — the grams field stays editable if your figure differs slightly. The calculator fetches live gold and silver prices automatically from a spot-price API and shows them in US dollars per gram — the same source and convention used by FaraidHub's Zakat Calculator. If the live price is temporarily unavailable, or you'd rather use your own figure, enter a price per gram manually — it overrides the live price instantly.

Common mistake: entering a weight in tola or masha (units used in some South Asian nikah documents) without converting to grams first. One tola is approximately 11.66 grams — convert before entering, or the result will be wrong.

Step 3: Mark Prompt or Deferred

Select Prompt (Mahr Muqaddam) if the Mahr was paid at or shortly after the marriage contract, or Deferred (Mahr Mu'akhkhar) if it's owed later. This doesn't change the number, but it changes the note shown underneath it — a deferred Mahr still unpaid at the husband's death becomes a debt against his estate, settled before any Faraid distribution. See what is paid before inheritance is distributed in Islam for the full order.

Step 4: Read the Result

The result box updates live as you type — no submit button needed. It shows today's Mahr value in your chosen currency, with a short note reflecting whether you marked it prompt or deferred. This is an estimate for your own records and planning, not a legal valuation — for a disputed or historical Mahr, a qualified Islamic scholar or attorney should confirm the figure that actually applies.

Frequently Asked Questions

Use the FaraidHub Mahr Calculator. Pick a Mahr type — Shar'i Minimum, Mahr Azwaj an-Nabi, Mahr Fatimi, or Custom to enter your own weight and metal — and the calculator fetches a live gold or silver price and multiplies it by the grams you enter.
Check your nikah document — the Mahr amount is normally recorded there, either as a metal weight or a currency figure. If it isn't written down and the family can't agree from memory, that's a sign to have the conversation and record it properly now, rather than guessing at a historical figure.
It can. Gold and silver prices are fetched in US dollars per gram, the same convention used by FaraidHub's Zakat Calculator — but you can enter a currency conversion rate above the calculator to convert the result into your own currency automatically. Leave it blank to see the USD figure.
It doesn't change the calculated value, but it changes what the number means. A prompt Mahr is simply owed now. A deferred Mahr that's still unpaid becomes a debt against the husband's estate if he dies before paying it — worth knowing before you need it, not after.
No. Every calculation runs entirely inside your browser. No personal details, metal weights, or amounts are ever transmitted to or stored on FaraidHub's servers.

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