The Ruling on Taking from the Money of an Elderly Mother
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Question:
The questioner says: My mother is elderly and lives with me in the house. She has a monthly income from social security, so I keep her money with me. Sometimes I take from it, and sometimes I return it, and sometimes I am unable to. Is that permissible for me?
Answer:
You are her agent if she has no capacity to think. If she has capacity to think, she keeps her own money. But if she is elderly and has no capacity to think, you are her guardian. It is obligatory for you to keep her money and not take anything from it for yourself. It is obligatory for you to keep it for her and spend from it on her. Spend from it on her and do not take anything for yourself. Yes.
The questioner says: My mother is elderly and lives with me in the house. She has a monthly income from social security, so I keep her money with me. Sometimes I take from it, and sometimes I return it, and sometimes I am unable to. Is that permissible for me?
Answer:
You are her agent if she has no capacity to think. If she has capacity to think, she keeps her own money. But if she is elderly and has no capacity to think, you are her guardian. It is obligatory for you to keep her money and not take anything from it for yourself. It is obligatory for you to keep it for her and spend from it on her. Spend from it on her and do not take anything for yourself. Yes.
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 11- — archive.org (57:19)
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