Marriage · Subtopic
Spouses’ Rights & Nafaqah
213 fatawa from 8 South African Darul Iftas on Spouses’ Rights & Nafaqah, part of Marriage. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
By Darul Ifta
Spouses’ Rights & Nafaqah fatawa — page 1 of 6
- Ibn Masood8 Jul 2026
Withholding Mahr And Maintenance
My husband divorced me in March. In 2025, he had loaned my Mahr to pay for expenses. He said that he will return my kruger coin to me, but it is now…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online24 Jun 2026
Husband seeing to the medical expenses of his wife
What we know as Muslims that according to shariah man is responsible for the economic needs of his wife, but I have heard that economic…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online30 Apr 2026
Using one's husband's money to spend on one's parents
I would like to ask if I take money from my husband without him knowing, to spend on my parents, is this allowed?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online12 Apr 2026
Responsibility of children to take care of their mother
We are 4 children (2 daughters and 2 sons). My father passed away a few months ago. Who is responsible for taking care of and for the financial…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood8 Feb 2026
Nafaqah (Maintenance)
Please explain the concept of Nafaqah and how it should be practiced?
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Camperdown3 Feb 2026
Husband Fails in Providing Maintenance and Shelter
ASALLAMU alaikum My Daughter got married ….…she is pregnant and the husband has sent her back home saying he is currently unemployed hence not able…
Abdour-Rahmaan Lim Voon Heek - Mufti Online30 Dec 2025
Father taking care of his unmarried daughter
I'd like to know if it's the father's responsibility to provide for a daughter if she's not married at the age of 30, e.g. with clothing, food,…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Dec 2025
Rights of the wife in Islam
I would like to know about the rights of a wife in Islam.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Oct 2025
Husband asking the wife to pay towards purchasing the child's nappies
My son is 3 years 5 months. My husband is telling me to potty train for few months. I am not training him due to the fact that I trained my first…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - MUBZ18 Sep 2025
ʿIddah not at Husbands Home – Will She Receive Maintenance?
Will a woman who doesn’t spend her iddat at her husband’s house get nafaqah during her iddat only
- Mufti Online1 Sep 2025
Assisting one's sister who lost her husband
Does my father have to take responsibility of his sister whose husband died but she has a son whose age is 20+? Will my father be a sinner if he…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Camperdown22 Aug 2025
Providing Beyond Nafaqah
Would like to know what’s the shar’ee ruling on giving spending money to ones wife? If a husband is prepared to buy all the groceries does he still…
Rukunuddin Bin Jahangir - Mufti Online29 Jun 2025
Biological parents having a greater right over a person compared to his foster parents
I have a question regarding milk parents. I was conceived by my biological parents with the intention of being adopted by my aunty (fathers sister)…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville20 May 2025
Maintenance For Woman Not Observing Her Iddat Correctly
If a woman does not spend her Iddat correctly after Talaq, is it still compulsory for the husband to see to her maintenance?
- Mufti Online8 May 2025
Husband financially responsible for wife's stay at her father's house if he gave permission
I wanted to find out if I go to my father's house for holiday, is my husband still financially responsible for me during my stay there or is it my…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Feb 2025
Charging one's daughter for running a maktab from home
My daughter runs a small maktab from home wherein she takes a small fee for teaching the preschool children. My husband says as she is earning, his…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online14 Jan 2025
Husband not taking care of the needs and expenses of his wife and children
I am a working woman and married. Both me and my husband are working in respectable jobs. I handle my own personal expenses from day one of marriage…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville14 Jan 2025
Giving Talaaq On Condition That The Wife Forfeits Her Right Of Maintenance
If a person stipulates a condition that if Talaaq takes place, the wife will forfeit all her rights to maintenance, will this condition be valid?
- Mufti Online15 Dec 2024
Husband spending time with his friends till late and neglecting his wife's rights
I would like to know as a wife, whether it is a right of mine that my husband spends some quality time with me after work and Esha or is it just me…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online26 Oct 2024
Husband not providing basic needs for his family
Is it a sin on the part of a man not to provide his wife and family with their basic needs including food, clothing, self-care etc.? I have read…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood9 Sep 2024
Questions Pertaining To Nafaqah
Q1) If a husband buys the normal groceries in the house and then of course the toiletries as well, does he still have to give the wife Nafaqah? Q2)…
Maulana Ahmed Saeed - Mufti Online8 Sep 2024
Husband burdening his wife to work and to take care of her own needs
If husband does not provide you with expenses regarding shopping and other medical needs and basic daily needs and said you have your own job you…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - MUBZ22 Jul 2024
Rights of a Daughter in Law
As salaam mu alaikum. What are the rights of daughter in law in islam. Does the in laws have a right to ask daughter in law why she has not done so…
- Mufti Online9 May 2024
Being patient in one's condition
My wife and I are both working and we are together trying to make our lives better. I am from Pakistan and I am not earning too much like I can take…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 May 2024
Nafaqah of a woman who came from a wealthy family
If the husband is poor and the wife is rich, the wife gets the nafaqa of average quality. Does this means it will be greater than that of what the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - MJC9 Mar 2024
Stepfather and Rights of Biological Father
1. When a man marries a woman who already has daughters of her own, and the marriage is duly consummated, the daughters become what the Qurʾān…
Mufti Taha Karaan - Mufti Online27 Feb 2024
The importance of treating the wife well in Deen
As far as I understand, in a marriage, the wife is only entitled to nafaqah. This nafaqah comprises of two sets of clothes a year and some flour…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Feb 2024
Spouses having a separate entrance to their section of the house
I live with my in laws, and though I have a separate portion, bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom, my husband does not allow me to use the separate…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - MJC8 Feb 2024
Rights of Custody
1. The rights to the custody of a child is dependent on the age and maturity of the child. 2. If the child is independent, usually 9 years and…
Mufti Taha Karaan - Mufti Online5 Feb 2024
Person in debt making a second nikaah
A person is in debts. Financially, he isn't in a good condition. He got a wife and children that he is responsible for. He makes a second nikah.…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Feb 2024
Not informing one's wife how much one earns
Is it wrong of me if I don't divulge my earnings to my wife?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood19 Dec 2023
Men losing their authority over women due to abuse or not fulfilling their rights
When does a husband lose his Qawwama (charge or authority over women)? I heard many Sheikhs tell women that are oppressed by their husbands due to…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Mufti Online8 Nov 2023
Husband not obliged to pay for his wife's medical bills
I read that it is not an obligation for a husband to pay for his wife's medical bills, and that she must pay for them herself. How can a woman who…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online2 Nov 2023
Mother preventing child from getting married
My question is in regards to my obligations to my parents. I am 26 years old and I have always respected my parents, loved them and still do. I am…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online26 Aug 2023
Is it the responsibility of the husband to pay for his wife's medical expenses?
Is it the moral or legal responsibility of the husband to pay his wife's medical expenses?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood5 Aug 2023
Fulfilling the conjugal rights of the wife
In terms of the husband being unable to meet the wife’s conjugal demands 1. To what extent is he allowed to refuse his wife? 2. Is tiredness a valid…
Maulana Ebrahim Ahmed - Ibn Masood1 Jun 2023
Refusing to fulfil the conjugal rights of one’s husband
We have been taught that a woman will be cursed by the angels if she refuses to fulfil her husband’s conjugal rights. However, what if, for example,…
Maulana Ahmed Saeed - Mufti Online13 May 2023
Financial responsibility of taking care of unmarried women
Is it correct to say that a father, brother and/or son is responsible to take care financially of their unmarried or widowed daughter, sister or…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood25 Jan 2023
Maintenance of children after divorce
I am married for many years and I have 3 children (2 girls aged 13 and 8, and a 3 year old son). My wife, after many many years of being unhappy in…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Azaadville9 Nov 2022
Maintenance
I would like to know that how much asset wife without children should obtain from her husband’s assets after her divorce from her husband?
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