Taking from the salary of the wife’s orphaned daughter
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Question:
This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, I am a man who married a widow, and she has a daughter from her previous husband who is four years old. The problem, Honorable Shaykh, is that this girl has a monthly salary from the government, and I am a poor man who sometimes needs it, so we take from this salary, and if my situation improves, I return what I took. Is there any sin on me for that? Is it permissible for my wife, who is her mother, to take anything from it? And is it permissible for us to share in what we buy for her from her salary, such as food, drink, clothing, and the like, knowing that she shares everything with us? Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Allah, Mighty and Majestic, granted a dispensation to the guardian of the orphan. He said:[An-Nisa 4:6] If you have eaten from her wealth while you are those who care for her and do good to her, there is no harm. If Allah makes you rich, then preserve it for her, spend on her from it for her clothing, and preserve the remainder for her. If you need it while you are those who care for her, there is no harm. He, Mighty and Majestic, said: [An-Nisa 4:6] Eat from it in a moderate manner if there is a surplus, otherwise, you and she should all eat from it, and there is no harm.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, I am a man who married a widow, and she has a daughter from her previous husband who is four years old. The problem, Honorable Shaykh, is that this girl has a monthly salary from the government, and I am a poor man who sometimes needs it, so we take from this salary, and if my situation improves, I return what I took. Is there any sin on me for that? Is it permissible for my wife, who is her mother, to take anything from it? And is it permissible for us to share in what we buy for her from her salary, such as food, drink, clothing, and the like, knowing that she shares everything with us? Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Allah, Mighty and Majestic, granted a dispensation to the guardian of the orphan. He said:
And whoever, [when acting as guardian], is self-sufficient should refrain [from taking a fee]; and whoever is poor - let him take according to what is acceptable. Then
وَمَن كَانَ غَنِيًّا فَلْيَسْتَعْفِفْ وَمَن كَانَ فَقِيرًا فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ فَإِذَاand whoever is poor - let him take according to what is acceptable
وَمَن كَانَ فَقِيرًا فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
Source
فتاوى المسجد الحرام (شعبان ١٤١٧ هـ) - ٤ — archive.org (40:27)
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