The ruling on giving a gift to the second wife after the first wife’s illness
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and bless you. The brother questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I am married to two wives, and it happened that the first wife stopped [working] and I had a major surgical operation performed on her. I promised her a gift when she left the hospital. Do I have to give the second wife another gift?
Answer:
You are not required to do so. In the sense of comforting her after the illness and the operation, you are not required to give a gift to the second wife. The obligatory thing is maintenance, which is to be equal between them by providing maintenance, giving each one what is sufficient for her and what is fitting for her.
May Allah reward you with good and bless you. The brother questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I am married to two wives, and it happened that the first wife stopped [working] and I had a major surgical operation performed on her. I promised her a gift when she left the hospital. Do I have to give the second wife another gift?
Answer:
You are not required to do so. In the sense of comforting her after the illness and the operation, you are not required to give a gift to the second wife. The obligatory thing is maintenance, which is to be equal between them by providing maintenance, giving each one what is sufficient for her and what is fitting for her.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/138 — archive.org (10:01)
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