How do we respond to those who deny the Sunnah and criticize the jurists for not obligating the husband to bear the expenses of his wife's medical treatment?
Attacking the and denying its authority is ignorance and misguidance. Do not judge the Sunnah by the statements of jurists; rather, judge their statements by the texts of revelation. The jurists' saying that the wife's medical expenses are not obligatory took into account the circumstances and customs of their era. Dr. Wahbah Al-Zuhaili believes that the husband is now obligated to cover the cost of medicine because the need for treatment has become essential. Fatwas change with the change of time, place, customs, and circumstances. Seeking medical treatment is currently obligatory when its benefit is highly probable, and harm is certain to occur by abandoning it. Some early jurists made the wife's medical expenses obligatory.
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