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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The change in the financial status of the husband or the wife’s family after marriage and its effect on financial maintenance

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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a poor man married a poor woman, and after some years her family became wealthy. Is he required to provide the medium level of financial maintenance or not? And what about the reverse case?

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
He says: A poor man married a poor woman, and after some years her family became wealthy,

The Shaykh:
Her family? What does she have from her family? The wealthy one is wealthy in herself; she has no need of them.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 096 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / النفقات / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (55:45)

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