Priority in Financial Maintenance Between Children and Parents
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, in our country, times come when we are in severe poverty. Then, some of us may obtain a small amount of wealth, and he is obligated to provide for his children, while his parents are in dire need, and he is the one who provides for them. Who takes priority in this case: his children or his parents?
Answer:
The wife comes first, then the children, then the parents. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, in our country, times come when we are in severe poverty. Then, some of us may obtain a small amount of wealth, and he is obligated to provide for his children, while his parents are in dire need, and he is the one who provides for them. Who takes priority in this case: his children or his parents?
Answer:
The wife comes first, then the children, then the parents. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب النفقات — islamhouse.com (50:12)
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