The ruling on a husband’s financial maintenance of his working wife who accompanies him
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. After the marriage, the wife becomes a manager or something like that, or she has experience, and then the husband brings her along as his companion. Shaykh, the wife works and the husband is her mahram (relative one may not marry), and she comes with him. Does the Shaykh not provide for her?
The Shaykh : Is he her mahram or is it haram (forbidden)? He is her mahram.
The questioner : He is not obligated to provide maintenance if the wife says, “I do not need his maintenance. The men have nothing to eat.”
The Shaykh : I did not understand.
The questioner : This is a man.
The Shaykh : Who came with his wife, and she is his mahram.
The questioner : And a wife.
The Shaykh : And my wife came to study, for example. All right.
The questioner : And the men have nothing, they have no work or anything, because he is accompanying the...
The Shaykh : All right, is it a condition imposed on him from the start? He says, “I will not go with you as a companion unless it is so much and so much per month.” Yes.
The questioner : It may be left to custom. It was known that it was so, and she came.
The Shaykh : If there is a custom between them and they did not stipulate anything that contradicts the custom, he follows it.
The Shaykh : Is he her mahram or is it haram (forbidden)? He is her mahram.
The questioner : He is not obligated to provide maintenance if the wife says, “I do not need his maintenance. The men have nothing to eat.”
The Shaykh : I did not understand.
The questioner : This is a man.
The Shaykh : Who came with his wife, and she is his mahram.
The questioner : And a wife.
The Shaykh : And my wife came to study, for example. All right.
The questioner : And the men have nothing, they have no work or anything, because he is accompanying the...
The Shaykh : All right, is it a condition imposed on him from the start? He says, “I will not go with you as a companion unless it is so much and so much per month.” Yes.
The questioner : It may be left to custom. It was known that it was so, and she came.
The Shaykh : If there is a custom between them and they did not stipulate anything that contradicts the custom, he follows it.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1357 - 4600 بعض الأزواج يكون مرافق لزوجته في عملها كل يوم هل له أن ياخذ منها مال...؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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