What is the ruling on a wife giving food in charity without her husband's permission?
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The questioner : Giving out food without permission. Some scholars say that giving out food is permissible. Is this a valid act of giving or not?
The Shaykh : The hadith is a general text. There is no need for specific questions, except that it requires the husband's permission. This is a natural matter. For example, the husband tells his wife, "If a poor person you know comes to you, one who does not earn a living by begging, give him something. Or, for example, if a relative of yours comes, give him from your money, whether it is one dinar, two dinars, or five, and so on, as we mentioned earlier. However, for her to dispose of it absolutely, without having any plan for it, is completely contrary to the hadith.
The questioner : What do we say about the other hadiths?
The Shaykh : The answer to them has already been given. Were you here? Listen to the tape, if Allah wills, it is different.
The Shaykh : The hadith is a general text. There is no need for specific questions, except that it requires the husband's permission. This is a natural matter. For example, the husband tells his wife, "If a poor person you know comes to you, one who does not earn a living by begging, give him something. Or, for example, if a relative of yours comes, give him from your money, whether it is one dinar, two dinars, or five, and so on, as we mentioned earlier. However, for her to dispose of it absolutely, without having any plan for it, is completely contrary to the hadith.
The questioner : What do we say about the other hadiths?
The Shaykh : The answer to them has already been given. Were you here? Listen to the tape, if Allah wills, it is different.
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