The criterion for what remains beyond the sustenance of the one providing maintenance in the obligation of maintenance
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The questioner:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: The author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned that one of the conditions for the one providing maintenance is that he has a surplus beyond his own sustenance and the sustenance of his day. Sometimes it is mentioned that he must have
The Shaykh:
Correct.
The questioner:
Sometimes they mention that he must find a year's worth of sustenance, like in the case of zakah. So what is the criterion in this matter?
The Shaykh:
The one providing maintenance finds what suffices him for his day. This is the one providing maintenance. What is being discussed now is not zakah, but maintenance. If a poor person or a relative is given what suffices them for a year, that is fine. If a relative secures for them what suffices them for a year, that is fine, but on the condition that what he secures for them is a surplus beyond his own daily sustenance. The discussion is about the one providing maintenance, not the one receiving it. The one receiving it is given what suffices him for a year if possible. As for the one providing it, the condition is that he has what exceeds his daily maintenance, not his yearly maintenance. Yes.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: The author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned that one of the conditions for the one providing maintenance is that he has a surplus beyond his own sustenance and the sustenance of his day. Sometimes it is mentioned that he must have
The Shaykh:
Correct.
The questioner:
Sometimes they mention that he must find a year's worth of sustenance, like in the case of zakah. So what is the criterion in this matter?
The Shaykh:
The one providing maintenance finds what suffices him for his day. This is the one providing maintenance. What is being discussed now is not zakah, but maintenance. If a poor person or a relative is given what suffices them for a year, that is fine. If a relative secures for them what suffices them for a year, that is fine, but on the condition that what he secures for them is a surplus beyond his own daily sustenance. The discussion is about the one providing maintenance, not the one receiving it. The one receiving it is given what suffices him for a year if possible. As for the one providing it, the condition is that he has what exceeds his daily maintenance, not his yearly maintenance. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 087-نفقة الأقارب والمماليك - 17-7-25 هـ — archive.org (56:32)
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