Why is the wife's zakat al-fitr not obligatory upon the husband?
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The Shaykh : We say that it is even more so from a stronger perspective.
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The Shaykh : Financial maintenance is not zakah. Zakah is an act of worship, and the wife is entitled to financial maintenance. Give her what she eats, what she drinks, where she lives, and the like.
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The Shaykh : How? What?
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The Shaykh : Yes, she pays it out herself.
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The Shaykh : It is well known. If she has wealth, she is sinful if she does not pay it. Now, Allah willing, some wives are richer than their husbands. Some of them are employed and earn five thousand, six thousand, yes.
The Shaykh : We say that it is even more so from a stronger perspective.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Financial maintenance is not zakah. Zakah is an act of worship, and the wife is entitled to financial maintenance. Give her what she eats, what she drinks, where she lives, and the like.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How? What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, she pays it out herself.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is well known. If she has wealth, she is sinful if she does not pay it. Now, Allah willing, some wives are richer than their husbands. Some of them are employed and earn five thousand, six thousand, yes.