Section: Regarding the dispute between the two spouses, their dispute does not fall outside two scenarios. The first is that it occurs before consummation, in which there are two issues. The first issue: The husband says, "We embraced Islam together, so we remain in our marriage." The wife says, "Rather, one of us embraced Islam before the other, so the marriage is annulled." The Judge (Al-Qadi) said: The word is the word of the woman, because the apparent state (al-zahir) is with her (34), since it is unlikely (35) that their conversion to Islam would coincide at the exact same moment; the word is the word of the one whose claim is supported by the apparent state, and for this reason, the word is the word of the one in possession. Abu al-Khattab mentioned another view regarding this, which is that the word is the word of the husband, because the original state is the continuation of the marriage, and the annulment is an incident occurring upon it, so the word is the word of the one whose statement aligns (36) with the original state, like the one who denies. Al-Shafi'i has two views, similar to these two views. The second issue: The husband says, "You embraced Islam before me, so you have no dowry." The wife says, "You embraced Islam before me, so I am entitled to half the dowry." The word is the word of the woman, because the dowry became obligatory through the contract, and the husband claims what would forfeit it, while the original state is its persistence, and no apparent state has contradicted it, so it remains. If they agree that one of them embraced Islam before the other, but they do not know exactly which one, she is entitled to half the dowry. This is as mentioned by Abu al-Khattab. Al-Qadi said: If she has not taken possession of it, she has nothing, because she is in doubt regarding her entitlement, and she cannot be entitled through doubt. If it was after taking possession, he cannot reclaim it from her, because he is in doubt regarding his entitlement to reclaim it, so he cannot reclaim it alongside doubt. The first [view] is more correct, because certainty is not removed by doubt. Likewise, if one is certain of ritual purity and doubts the occurrence of invalidation, or is certain of invalidation and doubts purity, he relies upon the certainty. In this case, her dowry had already become obligatory for her, and they are in doubt regarding its forfeiture, so it remains upon the obligation. As for if they dispute after consummation, there are also two issues. The first issue: He says, "We embraced Islam together," or "The second of us embraced Islam within the waiting period, so we remain in the marriage." She says, "Rather, the second of us embraced Islam after the waiting period, so the marriage is annulled." There are two views regarding this; the first is that the word is his word, because...