Giving a wife from zakah if her husband is stingy with maintenance
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The questioner:
A man is stingy with his wife and does not spend on her. Is she given from the zakah? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
No, do not be deceived, and do not believe it.
The questioner:
And there is no cause.
The Shaykh:
Never, except if she complains to a judge’s office, not at home, with a true complaint, she brings her case to the court, and no guardian brings her case; because many women may lie,
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
And they write saying, he does not give us, he does not give us.
A man is stingy with his wife and does not spend on her. Is she given from the zakah? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
No, do not be deceived, and do not believe it.
The questioner:
And there is no cause.
The Shaykh:
Never, except if she complains to a judge’s office, not at home, with a true complaint, she brings her case to the court, and no guardian brings her case; because many women may lie,
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
And they write saying, he does not give us, he does not give us.
Source
شرح كتاب وظائف رمضان، تتمة «فصل: في فضل صوم شهر رمضان» إلى «فصل: التراويح سُنَّة» — islamhouse.com (1:12:07)
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