Dar al-Iftaa reveals ruling on wife spending her salary on household
Egypt’s Dar al-Iftaa affirmed that a wife’s financial status is completely independent of her husband’s, and she has the full right to own and dispose of her own money and salary. A husband has no right to force her to contribute her salary to household expenses, it said. This was stated in a fatwa issued … The post Dar al-Iftaa reveals ruling on wife spending her salary on household appeared…
Egypt's Dar al-Iftaa has ruled that a wife's financial independence is separate from her husband's, granting her full control over her salary and earnings. A husband cannot compel his wife to use her income for household expenses, asserts a fatwa issued by former Grand Mufti Nasr Farid Wasel on March 4, 1997. The fatwa based its stance on the principle of financial autonomy between spouses in Islam.
As such, women have the legal right to own property, enter into contracts, and shoulder financial responsibilities independently. Nonetheless, Islamic Sharia stipulates that husbands are responsible for meeting their wives' basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, and domestic help. If a wife does contribute to household costs from her earnings, the decision must be voluntary and without coercion.
The core principle, the fatwa clarifies, is cooperation between spouses in sharing the responsibilities of life, with each contributing what they can according to their own will.
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