South African-based Ugandan socialite Zari Hassan has revealed that she only demanded a Quran as dowry from her husband Shakib Lutaaya.

According to her, she asked for the Quran because because she wants to work on her faith and take it to the next level.

Aside from that, she has all the material things that her husband would have paid as dowry and therefore there was no need to do so.

“Right now, ukiangalia, I have everything I have ever wanted in this world. Mungu amenibariki. I have a beautiful life watoto wangu wazima mimi mwenyewe mzima. Biashara zangu zinatembea napata kazi nyingi, nimebarikiwa sana so for me mme wangu bila hata kumtesa, nilimwomba tu Kurani because I am trying to up my faith game. Mimi ni Muislamu lakini saa zingine inakuaga si hivi…,” the mother of five said in an interview while in Tanzania, adding that her husband was shocked by her request, although he fulfilled it.

Zari and her young lover got married in April 2023 in a low key ceremony that was only attended by friends and family . The couple is however planning a white wedding later this year that will be held in Uganda, their motherland.

She also told off naysayers saying that their private ceremony was beautiful.

“Ukifanya party hapo ndio watu wanasema amefanya party, mwenyewe kajilipia, ana show off, halafu usipofanya pia wanaongea. This thing was between me and him kwenye Ramadhan akasema you know what we need to do this tukafanya. Na because si kitu ya kufanya kwenye showbiz kila mtu ajue so we just did it because it is so beautiful us and family. Inshaallah sometime maybe end of this year then we can have our white wedding,” Zari said.