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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Taking a wife's maintenance from her husband's money without his knowledge

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Question:
This questioner says: Is it permissible for me to take a sum of money from my husband without his knowledge, because he does not give me maintenance sufficient for me and my children?

Answer:
If you ask him for maintenance and he does not give it to you, or he is short with you, and you find his money, take only what is sufficient for you; do not take more. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the woman who came to him complaining that her husband did not give her what was sufficient for her and her children. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Take what is sufficient for you and your child, on a reasonable basis.خذي ما يكفيك وولدك بالمعروف
Sunan Ibn Majah 2293Sahih (Darussalam)
in a reasonable manner, meaning the amount of sufficiency; do not take more. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source لقاء مفتوح 12-11-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (1:05:17)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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