Islamic Fiqh > Marriage and family > Nafqa (the wife's maintenance) > Support of parents, children and relatives
Updated on 06 October 2026 at 10:50 PM
This chapter completes the study of nafqa, the maintenance allowance in fiqh: the case of the woman irrevocably divorced, by bayn or by a triple divorce, when she is not pregnant; the woman released through khul'; the disobedient wife; then the maintenance of relatives: parents, children, grandparents and collaterals; the amount owed, the order of priority when means are short, and finally the breastfeeding of the infant. Each question is presented according to the positions of the four schools, with their proofs drawn from the Quran, the Sunna and the transmitted consensus.