Demanding the groom provide housing and furniture after the marriage contract
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The questioner:
We move on to this message. One of the brothers sent it, using the code name Abu Muhammad. He says to me: I have a daughter, and a young man contracted to marry her, or the young man contracted to marry her, and more than a year has passed, yet he has not been able to rent a house and furnish it. Should I demand that he find housing and furnish it, or should I go to the court to annul the marriage? Advise him. May Allah reward you with good. May He reward you.
The Shaykh:
Yes, you have the right to demand that he prepare the housing and provisions for his wife so that you can hand her over to him, and you have the right to do so. It is also incumbent upon you and your Muslim brothers to help this needy and poor man. Whoever makes things easy for one who is struggling, Allah will make things easy for him. Whoever relieves a Muslim of a hardship, Allah will relieve him of a hardship from the hardships of the Day of Resurrection. And Allah is in the aid of the servant as long as the servant is in the aid of his brother. So before you demand it of him, strive to help him. Mention his situation to the generous people, perhaps Allah will make it easy for him by providing someone to help him with this task. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. And if there was a stipulation in the contract regarding this point.
The Shaykh:
Without a stipulation. If housing for the husband and maintenance for the husband were not stipulated, if this was not stipulated, it is the implication of the contract. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
We move on to this message. One of the brothers sent it, using the code name Abu Muhammad. He says to me: I have a daughter, and a young man contracted to marry her, or the young man contracted to marry her, and more than a year has passed, yet he has not been able to rent a house and furnish it. Should I demand that he find housing and furnish it, or should I go to the court to annul the marriage? Advise him. May Allah reward you with good. May He reward you.
The Shaykh:
Yes, you have the right to demand that he prepare the housing and provisions for his wife so that you can hand her over to him, and you have the right to do so. It is also incumbent upon you and your Muslim brothers to help this needy and poor man. Whoever makes things easy for one who is struggling, Allah will make things easy for him. Whoever relieves a Muslim of a hardship, Allah will relieve him of a hardship from the hardships of the Day of Resurrection. And Allah is in the aid of the servant as long as the servant is in the aid of his brother. So before you demand it of him, strive to help him. Mention his situation to the generous people, perhaps Allah will make it easy for him by providing someone to help him with this task. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. And if there was a stipulation in the contract regarding this point.
The Shaykh:
Without a stipulation. If housing for the husband and maintenance for the husband were not stipulated, if this was not stipulated, it is the implication of the contract. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/191 — archive.org (11:17)
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