Considering Maintenance Based on the Condition of the Spouses
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is not the stronger position regarding the consideration of the condition of maintenance in terms of ease and hardship that it is based on the condition of both of them, in order to combine the evidence, which are and His saying: [Al-Baqarah 2:286]?
Answer:
And this is what we said. We said that it is considered based on the condition of the spouses, whether in wealth, poverty, or moderation; it is considered based on their condition. Some of the jurists say it is considered based on the condition of the wife, but the closer view, and Allah knows best, is that it is considered based on the condition of the spouses in terms of ease, hardship, and moderation. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, is not the stronger position regarding the consideration of the condition of maintenance in terms of ease and hardship that it is based on the condition of both of them, in order to combine the evidence, which are
Take what is sufficient for you and your children
خذي ما يكفيك وولديكAllah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَاAnswer:
And this is what we said. We said that it is considered based on the condition of the spouses, whether in wealth, poverty, or moderation; it is considered based on their condition. Some of the jurists say it is considered based on the condition of the wife, but the closer view, and Allah knows best, is that it is considered based on the condition of the spouses in terms of ease, hardship, and moderation. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب النفقات — islamhouse.com (55:19)
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