{"id":26917,"date":"2022-12-25T20:55:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T20:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=26917"},"modified":"2022-12-25T20:55:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-25T20:55:44","slug":"if-a-husband-cannot-provide-nafaqah-to-his-wife-due-to-his-inability-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/if-a-husband-cannot-provide-nafaqah-to-his-wife-due-to-his-inability-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"If a Husband Cannot Provide Nafaqah to His Wife Due to His Inability To Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 06410<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by: Alimah Zakiratul Hoque<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Question:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">If a husband cannot provide Nafaqah to his wife due to his inability to work (sickness) then who is responsible? If he can&#8217;t due to not having the wealth then the Masa&#8217;alah of taking a loan and then re-claiming from his husband later comes into play, but what if he will not be able to work in the future?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Answer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Nafaqah of a woman is that her husband should provide her with suitable food, clothing, and housing (Raddul Mukhtar, Vol 5, Pg 178). If he cannot work, he could claim benefits to use as a means of paying towards Nafaqah. If he needs further assistance, he could ask his children for help (if they are working), as children are obliged to help their parents when they are in need (Al Muhit Al Burhani, Vol 4, Pg 349).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u0648<\/strong> <strong>\u0647\u064a<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0637\u0639\u0627\u0645<\/strong> <strong>\u0648<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0643\u0633\u0648\u0629<\/strong> <strong>\u0648<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0643\u0646\u0649<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u0648<\/strong> <strong>\u064a\u062c\u0628\u0631<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0631\u062c\u0644<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0633\u0631<\/strong> <strong>\u0639\u0644\u064a<\/strong> <strong>\u0646\u0641\u0642\u0629<\/strong> <strong>\u0628\u064a\u0647<\/strong> <strong>\u0648<\/strong> <strong>\u0623\u0645\u0647<\/strong> <strong>\u0625\u0630\u0627<\/strong> <strong>\u0643\u0627\u0646\u0627<\/strong> <strong>\u0645\u062d\u062a\u0627\u062c\u064a\u0646<\/strong> <strong>\u060c<\/strong> <strong>\u0644\u0642\u0648\u0644\u0647<\/strong> <strong>\u062a\u0639\u0627\u0644\u064a<\/strong><strong> ))<\/strong><strong>\u0648<\/strong> <strong>\u0648\u0635\u064a\u0646\u0627<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0633\u0627\u0646<\/strong> <strong>\u0628\u0648\u0627\u0644\u062f\u064a\u0647<\/strong> <strong>\u062d\u0633\u0646\u0627<\/strong><strong>(( <\/strong><strong>\u0641\u0642\u062f<\/strong> <strong>\u0623\u0648\u062c\u0628<\/strong> <strong>\u0639\u0644\u064a<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0644\u062f<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0625\u062d\u0633\u0627\u0646<\/strong> <strong>\u0628\u0648\u0627\u0644\u062f\u064a\u0647<\/strong> <strong>\u060c<\/strong> <strong>\u0648<\/strong> <strong>\u0631\u0623\u0633<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0625\u062d\u0633\u0627\u0646<\/strong> <strong>\u0628\u0648\u0627\u0644\u062f\u064a\u0647<\/strong> <strong>\u0641\u064a<\/strong> <strong>\u0625\u062d\u064a\u0627\u0647\u0645\u0627<\/strong> <strong>\u060c\u0648<\/strong> <strong>\u0643\u0630\u0644\u0643<\/strong> <strong>\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u0641\u0627\u0642<\/strong> <strong>\u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647\u0645\u0627<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Written by Alimah Zakiratul Hoque<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 06410 &nbsp; Answered by: Alimah Zakiratul Hoque &nbsp; Question: &nbsp; If a husband cannot provide Nafaqah to his wife due to his inability&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26917"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27048,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26917\/revisions\/27048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}