Advice to those who neglect the financial maintenance of their wives and children
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Question:
Is there a word—O Shaykh—for these husbands who are obligated to provide financial maintenance for their wives and children?
Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory for every husband to provide financial maintenance for his wife and his children, and to fear Allah in that, unless she has money and she permits him not to, in which case there is no harm. Otherwise, it is obligatory for him to fear Allah, to watch over his relationship with Allah, and to provide for her and her children maintenance befitting their status. This is the obligation. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding husbands: It is the husband’s responsibility to clothe his wife in a manner befitting her status, and to clothe his children. And Allah the Exalted said: [Surat al-Baqarah: 233].
So it is obligatory for the husband to fear Allah, and to provide financial maintenance for the wife and the children that is befitting their status, meaning: maintenance that suits people of their standing. No extravagance, and no stinginess, unless the woman is wealthy and she forgives him, and spends on herself, in which case there is no blame on him.
Is there a word—O Shaykh—for these husbands who are obligated to provide financial maintenance for their wives and children?
Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory for every husband to provide financial maintenance for his wife and his children, and to fear Allah in that, unless she has money and she permits him not to, in which case there is no harm. Otherwise, it is obligatory for him to fear Allah, to watch over his relationship with Allah, and to provide for her and her children maintenance befitting their status. This is the obligation. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding husbands:
And upon them is the provision and clothing of the women in a manner befitting their status
وعليهم رزقهن وكسوتهن بالمعروفUpon the father is the mothers' provision and their clothing according to what is acceptable.
وَعَلَى الْمَوْلُودِ لَهُ رِزْقُهُنَّ وَكِسْوَتُهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِSo it is obligatory for the husband to fear Allah, and to provide financial maintenance for the wife and the children that is befitting their status, meaning: maintenance that suits people of their standing. No extravagance, and no stinginess, unless the woman is wealthy and she forgives him, and spends on herself, in which case there is no blame on him.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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