With respect to the marriage contract, even if the father were to pay the dower from his own wealth on his son’s behalf and the wife took possession of it, then the son divorced her before consummation, half of the dower would revert to the father. The reasoning is that, since the father’s objective was never realized, the payment becomes a gift that was never truly accepted. A different view—held by a group that includes the Medinan jurists and, among them, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz—maintains that the half should return to the son, because it is a gift that has already been received.