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No.

Providing for your family is a sadaqa by itself.

QUESTION: I have a family (mother, wife, and a young daughter), and my salary is moderate. I often struggle financially by month’s end. I give sadaqa monthly but feel it’s too little. Is there a recommended amount for sadaqa?

Charity, Fiqh of the family, Kind Treatment of Spouses | September 28, 2024 5:11 am
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QUESTION: My parents were separated when I’m just too young, that I can’t remember now (20years old ). My father totally left us without taking any financial responsibility for me.. He gave excuses that Allah has forbidden to make contact with the divorcee wife & female children.. Is this really true that one cannot provide any kind of expenses of their children if they got divorced
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QUESTION: I married 25 yrs ago & left my wife with my joint family to work abroad. Within a month she accused my younger bro of se* harassment n I enquired, but my family (incl parents) denied it. She sought khula & I agreed. Now, 25 yrs later, my sis revealed the allegation was true & everyone knew abt it but fam members lied to me. Now how shld I deal with them, incl parents?