Mahar Viral di Media Sosial dalam Pandangan Tokoh Nahdlatul Ulama dan Muhammadiyah Ponorogo

Marriage dowry in Islam is not determined form and amount, anything can be used as a dowry with the condition that the dowry is beneficial to women. But the reality of the issue of marriage dowry is not reflected as the norm, namely the emergence of dowry crowbar, shroud, three chicken eggs, a cup of coffee and a glass of water. The purpose of this study was to determine the views of NU and Muhammadiyah leaders on the existence of viral dowry, because the dowry was not in accordance with the prevailing customs in the community. This type of research is a field research (field research) to obtain the required data, this study uses data collection techniques with interviews and documentation. From the results of the study concluded that the views of Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah leaders on viral dowry on social media are that they have similarities and differences, namely similarities in terms of their abilities if they use the dowry, and have differences namely Ahmad munir who does not allow using philosophy on the dowry, and Badrus Soleh who allows if both of them are equally willing and only have the object to be used as a dowry. Furthermore, they are in ber-istinbãth Nahdlatul Ulama law using the method of qoulī, which refers to the book of jurisprudence of the imams of the school of the book of fatò al qarib. While Muhammadiyah refers directly to the Qur'an, namely surat An-Nisa’ verse 34 and Hadith narrated by Abu Dawud.