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Is a woman’s maintenance obligatory upon her father, regardless of whether the father is employed and has employed sons, or if he is unemployed and his sons are unemployed?

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The consensus is that the capable child is obligated to provide for their poor parents who are unable to earn a living. Providing for them when they are in need is a form of showing kindness to them. This obligation of financial support falls upon the capable child, whether male or female. If the father is in need and has capable children, both male and female, the preponderant opinion is that the financial support should be distributed among them according to their capacity and means, based on the verse: (Let the man of means spend according to his means). Therefore, if the father is in need and the questioner is capable, she is obligated to provide for him, even if he works, or if his other children are unemployed, or if they refuse to support him out of stinginess.

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