Taking the Wife and Children from the Father’s Money Without His Knowledge When He Neglects Maintenance
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If the father does not spend on his wife and his children, is it permissible for this wife and the children to take from the father’s money the amount they need without his knowledge?
Answer:
Yes, if a woman finds her husband's money and he is stingy with her maintenance, she may take what is sufficient for her and her children, because Hind bint 'Utbah came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said:Sahih Muslim 1714a and my children, so may I take Sunan al-Bayhaqi 15:3 what is sufficient in a moderate manner, not what is excessive, but only what is sufficient.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If the father does not spend on his wife and his children, is it permissible for this wife and the children to take from the father’s money the amount they need without his knowledge?
Answer:
Yes, if a woman finds her husband's money and he is stingy with her maintenance, she may take what is sufficient for her and her children, because Hind bint 'Utbah came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said:
Hind. the daughter of 'Utba, wife of Abu Sufyan, came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said: Abu Sufyan is a miserly person. He does not give adequate maintenance for me
قالت يا رسول الله إن أبا سفيان رجل شحيح لا يعطيني ما يكفينيfrom his money? He said: Take what suffices you and your child in a proper manner
من ماله؟ قال خذي ما يكفيك وولدك بالمعروف
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 18-01-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (52:02)
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