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What does financial maintenance for a wife according to custom include?

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Question:
A man brings the necessities for his wife, but he does not bring the non-necessities; because he wants to save money to marry another woman. Is that permissible for him?

Answer:
If they reach an agreement, there is nothing wrong with it, or if his wife permits it. Otherwise, it is obligatory for him to give her financial maintenance according to custom, as is customary among the people of his country.
Q: If she has clothes, but she demands that he bring her clothes every year?
A: It is not obligatory. If she has enough, it is not obligatory.
Q: What is meant by "and" and
the dinar he spends on his companions in Allah's pathدِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ علَى أَصْحابه في سبِيلِ اللَّهِ
Sahih Muslim 994
?
A: Those with him in the cause of Allah, meaning: the needy mujahideen. He gives to them, and this has a great virtue, but after his family. So his family are given priority.
Q: Is clothing obligatory for him?
A: According to custom, as per the custom.
Q: Once a year?
A: No, according to custom, according to his country and the custom of his country and the custom of his community; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not specify a limit, and Allah did not specify a limit. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:
Upon the father is the mothers' provision and their clothing according to what is acceptable.وَعَلَى الْمَوْلُودِ لَهُ رِزْقُهُنَّ وَكِسْوَتُهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ
[al-Baqarah: 233]. "Custom" means: what is customary among his community and the people of his country. The people of Riyadh, for example, have a certain situation, and the people of Madinah have a certain situation, and the people of Abha have a certain situation, and the people of al-Hasa have a certain situation. They have customs among them.
Q: Is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
That you should give her food when you eat, clothe her when you clothe yourselfتُطْعِمَها إذا طَعِمتَ وتَكْسوها إذا اكتسَيتَ
Sunan Abi Dawud 2142Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani)
not considered a standard?
A: This is from the aspect of ability.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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