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Is a wife, to whom a sum was handed by her husband's father and which she then borrowed with his approval, considered indebted with this amount despite her demanding a third of the money she saved from her salary, and the husband's father refusing this, knowing that the residence in which the wife lives is owned by the husband's father, and the husband is unemployed, and the wife is the one who financially supports the household and children?

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If you have disposed of your father-in-law's money without his permission, you have betrayed a trust and committed a grave sin. You must repent, return the money to him, or seek his forgiveness.

However, if you took the money with his permission, it is a debt owed by you that must be repaid whenever you are able. If you are in straitened circumstances, he must grant you respite until your affairs become easier.

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