Is it permissible for a young man to take his wages from the shop without his father's knowledge, given that his father compels him to work for him for 250 pounds a month, and does not give him the wage, even though he is responsible for his family and has no money to spend on himself?

It is permissible for a father to take from his son’s wealth as much as he needs, based on the hadith of Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her: “Indeed, your children are a gift from Allah to you… they and their wealth are yours if you need them.” Abu Hanifa, Malik, and Al-Shafi’i held this view. As for the Hanbalis, they permit the father to take from his son’s wealth whether he needs it or not, provided that taking it does not harm the son.

The preponderant opinion is that it is not permissible for a father to take from his son’s wealth unless he needs it, in order to preserve the wealth. As for the hadith “You and your wealth belong to your father,” it is interpreted as permissibility, not ownership.

Accordingly, your father is not permitted to take from your salary except what he needs. If he takes more than he needs, while you yourself are in need of it, then it is permissible for you to take from his wealth an amount equivalent to the excess. If he is not in need at all and you are, then you have the right to reclaim all that he took, and this is known as “recovering one's right by force” (al-zhafr bi-al-haqq).

It should be noted that if you take from the money in the commercial shop, you will also be taking from your father’s partner’s money. Therefore, the permissibility of recovering your right is conditioned on not harming others or encroaching upon their rights, as Allah Almighty says: “And do not transgress. Indeed, Allah does not like transgressors” (Quran 2:190), and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “There should be no harm nor reciprocal harm.”