What is the ruling on a father giving some of his children from the wealth of their brother?
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The questioner : If the father takes, meaning gives, his son a sum of money, half or a quarter of it, and buys something for this son in his name and sets it aside; does the father commit a sin?
The Shaykh : What is the equivalent for the others?
The questioner : There is nothing wrong with it.
The Shaykh : We return to what we were discussing; there is no difference between this situation and that situation.
The questioner : Regarding the question—my Shaykh—I think it is now clear. A man has... his father takes from this man's wealth and gives it to this one... meaning, no, the son does not give; he takes it and gives it, for example.
The Shaykh : This is not yet a complete answer, because there may be some additional detail here: Do all the children, for example, if we do not say they are rich, but at least they are provided for by the sustenance that comes to them, are they all equal?
The questioner : Of course not.
The Shaykh : No, the question is not for you, Abu 'Aasim, and every question has an answer in any case. When you say "no," it has an answer, but that is not his question. Let us see if it adds something to your statement so that the answer is... for both of you. This man, this father, did not specify, so we will specify: If there is a father with several children, and they are equal in terms of the sustenance that comes to them—let us assume they are either rich or provided for by what they have—then if this father takes from one of them, demanding, "I want money," and takes from him fifty dinars or ten dinars, whatever it is, and then returns to give one of the brothers of the man from whom it was taken the amount, and they are all equal in their livelihood; then this is not permissible. But if we assume he takes from a rich or well-provided brother to help the poor or not well-provided brother; then this is permissible; because it is not a matter of what? A grant or gift, but rather a matter of assistance in livelihood. So the matter differs, and you specify for the questioner.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : What is the equivalent for the others?
The questioner : There is nothing wrong with it.
The Shaykh : We return to what we were discussing; there is no difference between this situation and that situation.
The questioner : Regarding the question—my Shaykh—I think it is now clear. A man has... his father takes from this man's wealth and gives it to this one... meaning, no, the son does not give; he takes it and gives it, for example.
The Shaykh : This is not yet a complete answer, because there may be some additional detail here: Do all the children, for example, if we do not say they are rich, but at least they are provided for by the sustenance that comes to them, are they all equal?
The questioner : Of course not.
The Shaykh : No, the question is not for you, Abu 'Aasim, and every question has an answer in any case. When you say "no," it has an answer, but that is not his question. Let us see if it adds something to your statement so that the answer is... for both of you. This man, this father, did not specify, so we will specify: If there is a father with several children, and they are equal in terms of the sustenance that comes to them—let us assume they are either rich or provided for by what they have—then if this father takes from one of them, demanding, "I want money," and takes from him fifty dinars or ten dinars, whatever it is, and then returns to give one of the brothers of the man from whom it was taken the amount, and they are all equal in their livelihood; then this is not permissible. But if we assume he takes from a rich or well-provided brother to help the poor or not well-provided brother; then this is permissible; because it is not a matter of what? A grant or gift, but rather a matter of assistance in livelihood. So the matter differs, and you specify for the questioner.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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