The ruling on prioritizing family maintenance over charity
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Question:
Peace be upon you, Shaykh. If a person who has a family takes this last hadith, and he has the maintenance of his family, and a beggar asks him, and he wants to give this recommended practice (sunnah) from his family’s necessary maintenance, does that mean…
Answer:
No, the family has a right. If the obligatory maintenance is lacking, that is their right. If he says, “I trust that Allah will provide for me,” that would not be praiseworthy. What appears is that it is obligatory to prioritize the obligatory maintenance, and this will be a good deed, if Allah wills, at another time, approximately. May Allah reward you. I mean, regarding his spending, yes.
Peace be upon you, Shaykh. If a person who has a family takes this last hadith, and he has the maintenance of his family, and a beggar asks him, and he wants to give this recommended practice (sunnah) from his family’s necessary maintenance, does that mean…
Answer:
No, the family has a right. If the obligatory maintenance is lacking, that is their right. If he says, “I trust that Allah will provide for me,” that would not be praiseworthy. What appears is that it is obligatory to prioritize the obligatory maintenance, and this will be a good deed, if Allah wills, at another time, approximately. May Allah reward you. I mean, regarding his spending, yes.
Source
التعليق على رياض الصالحين، باب الكرم والجود والإنفاق في وجوه الخير ثقةً بالله - تعالى - : الأحاديث : [ 545 - 548 ] — islamhouse.com (4:03)
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