A wealthy man and his poor brother who has children: Is it obligatory for this wealthy brother to provide for his brother?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A wealthy man has a poor brother who has children. Is it obligatory for this wealthy brother to provide for his brother?
Answer:
Financial maintenance follows inheritance. If there is an obstacle that prevents inheritance, and this person is blocked from the inheritance by his brother, then it is not obligatory for him to provide for them. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:[Al-Baqarah 2:233] Financial maintenance means financial maintenance.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A wealthy man has a poor brother who has children. Is it obligatory for this wealthy brother to provide for his brother?
Answer:
Financial maintenance follows inheritance. If there is an obstacle that prevents inheritance, and this person is blocked from the inheritance by his brother, then it is not obligatory for him to provide for them. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
And upon the [father's] heir is [a duty] like that [of the father].
وَعَلَى الْوَارِثِ مِثْلُ ذَٰلِكَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2512 -3022] رجل غني وعنده أخ فقير له أبناء هل يجب على هذا الأخ الغني أن ينفق على أخيه؟ — youtube.com
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