The Time When the Wife’s Maintenance and the Maintenance of the Defiant Wife Become Obligatory
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The questioner:
The questioner: Does the wife’s maintenance become obligatory by the marriage contract, or by the act of taking her into possession? Because this creates a difficulty regarding the waiting period of the wife.
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: The wife’s maintenance becomes obligatory when her husband takes her into possession. It does not become obligatory by the contract alone; it only becomes obligatory when he takes her into possession. Yes.
The questioner:
The questioner: Honorable Shaykh, who takes precedence in the case of conflict regarding maintenance: the children?
The Shaykh:
Therefore, if she becomes defiant and leaves his obedience and leaves his house, her maintenance is dropped. The defiant wife has no right to maintenance. So maintenance is not obligatory unless he takes her into possession and she is with him. As for if she becomes defiant and leaves without his permission and obedience, and refuses to grant him the rights of the marital relationship, then she has no right to maintenance from him.
The questioner: Does the wife’s maintenance become obligatory by the marriage contract, or by the act of taking her into possession? Because this creates a difficulty regarding the waiting period of the wife.
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: The wife’s maintenance becomes obligatory when her husband takes her into possession. It does not become obligatory by the contract alone; it only becomes obligatory when he takes her into possession. Yes.
The questioner:
The questioner: Honorable Shaykh, who takes precedence in the case of conflict regarding maintenance: the children?
The Shaykh:
Therefore, if she becomes defiant and leaves his obedience and leaves his house, her maintenance is dropped. The defiant wife has no right to maintenance. So maintenance is not obligatory unless he takes her into possession and she is with him. As for if she becomes defiant and leaves without his permission and obedience, and refuses to grant him the rights of the marital relationship, then she has no right to maintenance from him.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب النفقات — islamhouse.com (49:14)
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