Does the children's maintenance obligation fall away from the husband if the law allows him the opportunity to complete his studies and he receives a salary from the state, similar to a wife on scholarship, knowing that the scholarship salary is disbursed in the wife's name and the number of dependents is taken into account in its calculation? Is it permissible for the wife to save a portion of the salary allocated to her and her husband and rely on the husband for expenses if he works? Is it valid for the husband to save his money and not spend from it on his children? If there is any surplus from the scholarship salary at the end, is it permissible for the wife to keep it all for herself, or how should it be distributed?
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The husband's obligation to provide for his family (his wife and children) does not cease merely because his wife is accompanying him while studying on a state scholarship and he is also pursuing his studies. Rather, he must provide for all of them. The salary of the scholarship-holding wife is her exclusive right, and the husband has no claim to it unless he stipulated a portion of it from her before their relocation, or she gives it to him willingly. It is not permissible for the husband to withhold financial support, as providing for his wife and children is his duty, and abandoning it is a great injustice and sin.
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