What is the ruling on a wife taking from the monthly household allowance without her husband's knowledge, to save it for her daughters, justifying this by saying that she spent on the house and her daughters from her own money at the beginning of the marriage and that her husband is not giving her her due now?
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It is not permissible for the wife to save anything from the family's expenses for herself or for others without the explicit or customary permission of her husband. The wife must inform her husband of what she does, and if he does not give permission, she must return the saved amount to him. What she spent on the family as a donation cannot be reclaimed. If she has a right to the house as a result of her participation in its construction, and not as a donation, then she has the right to demand that her share be written for her, or to relinquish it.
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