Government family help should be spent on family

8-1-2013 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalam alikom, these are very common question in our city, an man married to a Muslim British women and they had a baby, they live in Europe he works but his salary is not enough, his wife is getting help from Government on that base, she claimed that she has the right to take over the money,and she does not need to spend on the family in the Islamic law. the husband think that this is a family money,and its given by the government to support the family and should be spent on the family needs, what is the right opinion please?

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger.

 

The allowance that you mentioned in the question is a gift from the government and it must be spent in what the government has determined to be spent on. Hence, if the government had specified that this money be spent on the needs of the family, then the wife should spend it on this and she has no right to spend it on her personal needs.

Allaah Knows best.