Intermediate Maintenance Surah: Al-Baqarah (233)

Verse: "Upon the father is the mothers' provision and their clothing in a fair manner." (2:233)

Types of obligatory financial support:

1. Wife's support: Obligatory on the husband — includes food, clothing, housing, and medical care. Due from the valid contract until divorce or death.
2. Children's support: On the father — "upon the father is their provision" — obligatory until puberty for sons and until marriage for daughters.
3. Parents' support: Obligatory on the capable child — "and be kind to parents" — condition is their incapacity.
4. Relatives' support: For those without a father among heirs — conditions are poverty and inability to earn.

Amount of support: "In a fair manner" (bil-ma'ruf) — sufficient for actual needs according to the husband's means and local custom — neither excessive nor miserly.

Source: Al-Qurtubi (3/160); Al-Mughni (8/163); Al-Jassas (1/504); Ibn Al-Arabi (1/231)

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