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What is the religious ruling regarding the husband and the mother, and what should be done about a mother who took her daughter's gold jewelry, which was listed in the marriage contract as belonging to the husband, and refuses to return it, leading to the husband fighting with his wife, beating her, and throwing her out?

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The mother is not permitted to take what the father has given to his daughter as a gift, except with her consent or if the mother is in need and it does not harm the daughter. The husband has the right to demand the return of what is registered in the marriage list or its official removal from it, but he must not mistreat his wife without a legitimate Shariah right, and he must treat her kindly.

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