Deferring some Amount of the Dowry (mahr) to Divorce

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My question relates to marriage and dowry. After 2 years of marriage talks with a particular, we are but a few months away from being married insha’allah. However, the bride and her family say that a condition which they put forward at the time of accepting our proposal was that we would pay the sister/bride a large sum of money (5 figures) should I divorce her in the future. I do not recall ever accepting such conditions, to the contrary I have always disagreed to having any conditions placed on my marriage. Now, we are going through a very turbulent period where we have already decided to part ways, under duress. This is neither what the sister/bride nor I ......click the link above