Shawra (the household goods a wife brings or is given: whose they are and the husband's use of them)

Shawra is the household goods: in language, with a fatha, clothing; with a damma, appearance and beauty, whence the word for a sign of rank. For the Malikis it is the implements a house needs, such as bedding, covering, grinding and cooking tools and drinking vessels, and whatever one cannot do without. ^{1 2}

A wife is owed from her husband all that keeps her alive, food and clothing, and the other goods she needs, such as bedding, covering and implements, by the verse of the Cow (233): on the father of the child is their provision and clothing in kindness. What she needs in goods is measured by analogy with provision and clothing. This is agreed. ²

Most jurists hold that the husband may not use goods his wife owns, such as bedding and vessels, without her leave, whether he gave them to her or she acquired them otherwise, and whether or not she has received her dower; she may dispose of what she owns by charity, gift or exchange, so long as this does no harm to her. The Malikis hold that if she has received her dower the husband may use her goods, wear the clothes he may wear, sleep on her bedding and use the implements even without her leave; and he may prevent her from disposing of them in a way that ends ownership. If she has not received the dower and furnished the house from her own money, he may only restrain her from selling, giving or bestowing in charity, or giving away more than a third. ^{2 3}