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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible for a son to demand maintenance from his father, even through a judge?

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The questioner : And his father, meaning he has a right against his father, but in terms of the judge, it means many losses, severing ties with the father, or more.

The Shaykh : By our right only, and no other.

The questioner : I. I.

The Shaykh : No, if it is maintenance, he may demand it, because this is meeting a dire necessity. What does the son do? Does he go around knocking on doors?
They do not accept it. If a man whose father is a merchant comes and says, "O people, give me a loaf of bread," and he is destitute, will anyone believe him in this? They do not believe him. Or if his father is rich, one of the richest in the town, and he goes, for example, saying, "I want to go to the municipality to become one of the sweepers," this is not acceptable. He demands maintenance from his father, but if the son is able to take some of his father's money, he may take it without his knowledge.
As for debts and specific items, such as if this father came and tyrannized and took, for example, from his son his watch, his pen, his notebooks, and the like, he does not demand these.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1972 - 4600 هل للابن أن يطالب أباه بالنفقه ولو عند الحاكم؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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