If a woman is wealthy, her husband is in financial difficulty, and her parents are in financial difficulty, who takes precedence in financial maintenance: the husband or the parents?
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Question:
Likewise, may Allah preserve you, you say: If this daughter is wealthy, her husband is in financial difficulty, and her parents are in financial difficulty, who takes precedence in financial maintenance: the husband or the mother?
Answer:
The parents take precedence. The parents take precedence, because their right is obligatory upon her: dutifulness to them. As for the husband, she helps him with whatever is easy for her to provide. She helps him, but it is not obligatory upon her to provide financial maintenance for the husband; rather, it is only obligatory upon her in the sense of doing good and kindness. Yes.
Likewise, may Allah preserve you, you say: If this daughter is wealthy, her husband is in financial difficulty, and her parents are in financial difficulty, who takes precedence in financial maintenance: the husband or the mother?
Answer:
The parents take precedence. The parents take precedence, because their right is obligatory upon her: dutifulness to them. As for the husband, she helps him with whatever is easy for her to provide. She helps him, but it is not obligatory upon her to provide financial maintenance for the husband; rather, it is only obligatory upon her in the sense of doing good and kindness. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [487 -582] إذا كانت المرأة موسرة وزوجها معسر ووالديها معسران فمن تقدم في النفقة: الزوج أم الوالدان؟ — youtube.com
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