Editing Mahr (section)

===Modern purposes===
In 2003, Rubya Mehdi published an article in which the culture of ''mahr'' among Muslims was thoroughly reviewed.<ref>{{cite journal
  | title = Danish law and the practice of mahr among Muslim Pakistanis in Denmark
  | journal = International Journal of the Sociology of Law
  | volume = 31
  | issue = 2
  | pages = 115–129
  | year = 2014
  | doi = 10.1016/j.ijsl.2003.02.002| author = Mehdi, R}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1390|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504021133/http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1390|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 4, 2013|title=Mahr|publisher=oxfordislamicstudies.com}}</ref>

Mahr is a means of sustenance in case of a sudden death, divorce or other emergency.<ref>L-Moriscos - Page 137, M. Th. Houtsma</ref>