The Ruling on Taking from the Father's or Mother's Money Without Their Permission
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This is a message we received from Iraq, from Baghdad, from the listener Liqa' Muhammad Latif. She says in her message: If a mother sends her son to the market and instructs him to buy certain necessities, and gives him a sum of money, and the son buys the necessities and has some money left over, is it forbidden for him to take this money without her knowledge, even though it is his mother's money and he has the right, as I have heard from people, to dispose of it or take from her pocket, for example, or from her handbag without her knowledge? Please inform us, may Allah reward you.
Answer: He has no right to take the surplus except with her permission, for he is an agent and a trustee. He must carry out what his mother said, or what his father or anyone else who appointed him as an agent said. He has no right to take the surplus; rather, he must return the surplus to the one who appointed him, whether the principal is his mother, his father, or someone else. He has no right to take the excess, and he has no right to take from his mother's money except with her permission, nor from his father's money except with his permission. He has no right to dispose of their money except with their permission, unless he is poor and his father has been negligent in providing for him, and he has no one to provide for him except his father, for example. In that case, he may take from his father's money or his mother's money what they have withheld from his maintenance, if he is dependent on their maintenance and is part of their household, and he is unable to earn a living and has no money of his own, and he is in the custody of his mother or his father. In that case, they must provide him with the customary maintenance known in their region or among people like them. If they withhold it from him, he may take from it in a good manner, taking from their money in a good manner only the amount of his need. However, if they send him with money to buy a need, he has no right to take the excess; rather, he must return the excess. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Answer: He has no right to take the surplus except with her permission, for he is an agent and a trustee. He must carry out what his mother said, or what his father or anyone else who appointed him as an agent said. He has no right to take the surplus; rather, he must return the surplus to the one who appointed him, whether the principal is his mother, his father, or someone else. He has no right to take the excess, and he has no right to take from his mother's money except with her permission, nor from his father's money except with his permission. He has no right to dispose of their money except with their permission, unless he is poor and his father has been negligent in providing for him, and he has no one to provide for him except his father, for example. In that case, he may take from his father's money or his mother's money what they have withheld from his maintenance, if he is dependent on their maintenance and is part of their household, and he is unable to earn a living and has no money of his own, and he is in the custody of his mother or his father. In that case, they must provide him with the customary maintenance known in their region or among people like them. If they withhold it from him, he may take from it in a good manner, taking from their money in a good manner only the amount of his need. However, if they send him with money to buy a need, he has no right to take the excess; rather, he must return the excess. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
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