A Wife’s Responsibility When Her Husband’s Income Is Unlawful

Question: If a husband’s wealth is unlawful, what should the wife do?

The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Fatwā replied:

If the wife knows that the earnings which her husband brings home are unlawful, it is not permissible for her to take from them. She should advise him and seek from him that he earn his livelihood from a lawful source. If he persists, then she should raise the matter to the relevant authorities, such as the Islamic courts.

References

The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Fatwā (Al-Lajnah ad-Dāʾimah lil-Buḥūth al-ʿIlmiyyah wa-l-Iftāʾ), Fatāwā al-Lajnah ad-Dāʾimah, fatwā no. 2039.

Writer / translator

Ṣalaḥ al-Irānī

is in need of his Lords mercy.

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