(haq mehr) and if the intent is bad, then it is counted as perfidy and theft.”In one of his Friday sermons Huzoore Anwer (may Allah be his Helper) explained the Islamic teaching on abiding by promises in detail and said:
“Promises are broken in every-day matters and this can gradually lead to serious conflict. In the case of reconciliation after a conflict, pacts are made. When reconciliatory organisations bring about resolution between two individuals, the individuals concur and promise to keep peace. At times it is also done in writing. However, at times as soon as they leave an office or a court after reaching a resolution, they start arguing with each other with no regard for the promises and pacts made. The pact of nikah is between two individuals, which is not being respected in such situations. This pact is indeed made publically taking Allah as Witness whilst being conditional to abiding by the terms of righteousness. Yet, there are people of such disposition who do not even care about this. They do not fulfil the rights of their wives and are abusive to them. In spite of being well-off they give meagre housekeeping, they do not pay haq mehr to their wives although at the time of nikah they had stood up very proudly in front of everyone and declared that they completely agreed with the amount of the haq mehr! Who knows if these people agree to the haq mehr amount for pretention or if their intention is always not to pay it and just simply agree to whatever is being written down. Such people should have the Hadith in view in which the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said such people are adulterers who agree to the haq mehr with this intention. May Allah have mercy. Even if there are less than one percent of such people among us, even if there is one in a thousand, we should still be concerned because the levels of tarbiyyat (spiritual and moral training) of long-term Ahmadis need to be excellent to carry out proper tarbiyyat of the newcomers! Therefore, these matters need to be looked into very deeply!”
(Friday sermon delivered on 27 February 2004 at Baitul Futuh, London. Published in Al Fazl International 12 March 2004)
Drawing attention to the payment of Haq Mehr Huzoore Anwer (may Allah be his Helper) said at another occasion:
“Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said: ‘A man who marries a woman and fixes haq mehr with the intention of not paying it, is an adulterer. And I count that person a thief who takes a loan with the intention of not paying it back.’ (Majma al Zawa’id, Vol. IV, p. 131)
“So, observe how important it is for a man to pay the (haq mehr) and if the intent is bad, then it is counted as perfidy and theft.”
(Friday sermon delivered on 6 February 2004 at Baitul Futuh, London. Khutbaat e Masroor Vol. 2. P. 111 2005 Edition. Published by Nazarat e Isha’at Rabwah)
Huzoore Anwer (may Allah be his Helper) also said the following with reference to payment of Haq Mehr:
“If someone is keen on second marriage, if the need for it is warrantable then they may go ahead, but they should not disgrace the poor first wife. If the sole aim to say such things is to get rid of the wife hoping she may seek 
(khula) and he is saved from paying 
(haq mehr), if not yet paid, then it is a petty and mean ploy. First of all the Qadha Board has the right in such instances to decide that the 
(haq mehr) is payable to the woman even if it is a 
(khula) case. Secondly, according to the law of the land they are legally bound to pay some expenses.”
(Friday sermon delivered on 10 November 2006 at Baitul Futuh, London. Published Al Fazl International 1 December 2006)