Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,

As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)

 

One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:

I am married 8 months ago I wants to get my family to gulf country so I asked some amount of money to my father but he refused to give me money & I told my mother I will return it back his money but my mother told me that he will not give. Is this right in Islam please give me reply.

 

Allah Hafiz.

 

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Answer:

 

Father refuse to give loan

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

 

Respected brother in Islam, your father is the inherent owner of his own wealth, and he is well within his rights in Islam to refuse to give a loan from his wealth to his son, if he wishes to do so.

 

There is absolutely nothing in Shariah which requires or obliges a father in Islam to give a loan to his adult son, if the father does not wish to do so….on the contrary, if the father wishes to utilize a part of all the wealth of his son, he is well within his rights to do so!

 

Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 3523  Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As

A man came to the Prophet (saws) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah (saws), I have property and children, and my father finishes (or uses) my property.’ He (saws) replied: ‘You and your property (both) belong to your father!  Your children come from the pleasantest of what you earn; so enjoy from the earning of your children.’

 

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone.  Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

 

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

 

 

Burhan