The ruling on taking rent from a disabled son
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have a disabled son, and I have housed him in an apartment in a building I own, while his brothers are tenants. May I take rent from him for his residence, just as I do from his brothers, given that he receives a salary?
Answer:
If he is able to pay the rent, yes, you may take the rent from him. However, if he is unable to pay the rent, you should house him, because this is part of his financial maintenance. If a son is in need and does not have what to spend on himself, his maintenance is the responsibility of his father, even if he is an adult. But if he has what suffices him, you should treat him the same as his brothers and not give him any special treatment. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have a disabled son, and I have housed him in an apartment in a building I own, while his brothers are tenants. May I take rent from him for his residence, just as I do from his brothers, given that he receives a salary?
Answer:
If he is able to pay the rent, yes, you may take the rent from him. However, if he is unable to pay the rent, you should house him, because this is part of his financial maintenance. If a son is in need and does not have what to spend on himself, his maintenance is the responsibility of his father, even if he is an adult. But if he has what suffices him, you should treat him the same as his brothers and not give him any special treatment. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 15-05-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (1:16:36)
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