Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. In principle payment of the Mehr is not a condition for the validity of the Nikah. The Mehr should be paid at the time of the Nikah. More @Wikipedia
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