Demanding that the brothers pay back the bills he settled on behalf of his father
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, I used to pay for my father’s home phone, mobile phone, electricity, and water for several years. Then my father passed away. May I take back what I paid from the company and demand that my brothers pay me?
Answer:
No, because you are paying as a volunteer. You are a benefactor, so it is not permissible for you to take it back. A wealthy person has no obligation to provide for his father; a wealthy person has no obligation to provide for his father. Maintenance is only obligatory for a poor son, meaning one who cannot afford it. If he can afford it, then he has no obligation to provide, as if his hand were cut off.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, I used to pay for my father’s home phone, mobile phone, electricity, and water for several years. Then my father passed away. May I take back what I paid from the company and demand that my brothers pay me?
Answer:
No, because you are paying as a volunteer. You are a benefactor, so it is not permissible for you to take it back. A wealthy person has no obligation to provide for his father; a wealthy person has no obligation to provide for his father. Maintenance is only obligatory for a poor son, meaning one who cannot afford it. If he can afford it, then he has no obligation to provide, as if his hand were cut off.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/102 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:11:38)
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