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What is the origin of "dowry"?

Marriage security deposit-Michael (dowry)

Bridal money [Michael] is a condition for marriage, and its origin comes from God's command. God created heaven, earth, sun, moon, stars, heaven and hell, created all the elite ancestors of creation-Adam, and let them live in heaven and enjoy all the benefits of God's heaven. Adam felt a strange loneliness because of his own physiological needs. He prayed to God to relieve his loneliness. God answered Adam's prayer and let him sleep for a while. God took his left rib and created his wife. She is your lawful wife (Michael) only if you pay her dowry, otherwise, she is not your lawful wife. "Dan said," hey! My foster father! What is her dowry (Michael)? I have nothing. "God also said," You praised Musheng ten times. "Dan praised the saint for ten times, and the fairy gave him a witness and became a legal couple. This determines the legitimacy and inevitability of bride price from the origin of human beings. Mu Sheng really practiced and implemented this sacred cause all his life. Therefore, Islamic Shariah stipulates that the bride price (Michael) is one of the inevitable conditions for the marriage to take effect, and the marriage without Michael is invalid;