Taking rent from a disabled son
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have a disabled son, and I have housed him in an apartment in a building I own, while his brothers are tenants. Should I take rent from him for his residence, just as I do from his brothers, given that he receives a salary?
Answer:
If he is able to pay the rent, yes, you take the rent from him. But if he is not able to pay the rent, you house him, because this is part of his financial maintenance. If a son is in need and does not have what to spend on himself, his maintenance is the responsibility of his father, even if he is an adult. However, if he has what suffices him, you treat him the same as his brothers and do not give him any special treatment. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have a disabled son, and I have housed him in an apartment in a building I own, while his brothers are tenants. Should I take rent from him for his residence, just as I do from his brothers, given that he receives a salary?
Answer:
If he is able to pay the rent, yes, you take the rent from him. But if he is not able to pay the rent, you house him, because this is part of his financial maintenance. If a son is in need and does not have what to spend on himself, his maintenance is the responsibility of his father, even if he is an adult. However, if he has what suffices him, you treat him the same as his brothers and do not give him any special treatment. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب اتخاذ متعبدات الكفار ومواضع القبور إذا نبشت مساجد — islamhouse.com (1:13:13)
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