His final question states that his wife is demanding that he verbally say to her, “I have forgiven you half, or a quarter, or a fifth of the reward I received due to what you gave in charity from my wealth.”

The questioner : His final question states that his wife is demanding that he verbally say to her, “I have forgiven you half, or a quarter, or a fifth of the reward I received due to what you gave in charity from my wealth, whether in my presence or absence, from food, clothing, or dirhams, within the limits of what I permitted you to dispose of with my consent.” Is it valid for me to verbally specify that to her, such as half, a quarter, or a fifth, and so on? Or is it that Allah alone is the guarantor of giving every right its due? And if such specification is valid, I do not object to forgiving her a portion, for Allah’s mercy and reward are broader than we imagine, and what is with Him is inexhaustible? Yes.

The Shaykh : The truth is that the end of the question is the answer, in the sense that Allah’s grace is vast. The woman who acts according to what her husband says, in a good manner and with the intention of reward, is written the same reward as is written for her husband, without anything being deducted from her husband’s reward. On this basis, what is the need to divide the reward in half? Rather, we say: the reward for each of you is in its perfect form, and Allah’s grace is vast. The one who facilitates a thing is like the one who does it.

The questioner : This is a message sent by the listener 'Abd al-Halim 'Abd al-Hadi Muhammad Husayn from the Administrative Communications Department in the Jeddah region.