A daughter’s disposition of her elderly mother’s money
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Question:
This questioner says: An elderly woman lives with one of her daughters. This elderly woman has money, but she is not in good mental health and does not realize some things. Is this daughter permitted to dispose of her mother’s money and try to invest it or benefit from it?
Answer:
She is required to preserve her mother’s money. The afflicted, the sick, and the mentally impaired, if they have money, it must be preserved. The judge appoints a guardian to take charge of it, increase it, and preserve it. So this woman should go to the court to obtain guardianship over her mother’s money to preserve it and increase it.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you,
This questioner says: An elderly woman lives with one of her daughters. This elderly woman has money, but she is not in good mental health and does not realize some things. Is this daughter permitted to dispose of her mother’s money and try to invest it or benefit from it?
Answer:
She is required to preserve her mother’s money. The afflicted, the sick, and the mentally impaired, if they have money, it must be preserved. The judge appoints a guardian to take charge of it, increase it, and preserve it. So this woman should go to the court to obtain guardianship over her mother’s money to preserve it and increase it.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/198 — archive.org (9:04)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.