Forcing the wife and children to make the father pay maintenance he cannot afford
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Question:
This questioner says: Your Eminence, father, I am a resident in this country with my family, and I am unable to bear the costs of their residence. My wife and my sons force me not to send them back to their country, and I am unable to provide for them. Do my wife and children sin in this?
Answer:
Yes, if they require you to do what you are unable to do, then they are committing a sin. Yes.
This questioner says: Your Eminence, father, I am a resident in this country with my family, and I am unable to bear the costs of their residence. My wife and my sons force me not to send them back to their country, and I am unable to provide for them. Do my wife and children sin in this?
Answer:
Yes, if they require you to do what you are unable to do, then they are committing a sin. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أسئلة اللقاء المفتوح [29-7-1440] مع صاحب المعالي العلامة صالح بن فوزان الفوزان بجامع الرحمانية — youtube.com (39:00)
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