Wajib Maintainence of Relatives (draft from lfiqh khutba of Shaikh Ehsan)
Relatives, means parents and children be they male or female.
Others like aunts and uncles is not wajib, it is
however mustahab.
If parents and children are capable of providing
for themselves, it is not wajib.
For a wife however in every situation it is
wajib upon a man to provide for her, no matter if she is a very rich person.
If he (parents, children) can provide for
himself using khairaat money such as khums, zakat, sadqa then your
responsibility is not removed and it is still wajib
If he can provide for himself by taking a loan,
it is not a difficutly for him to take a loan and is able to pay back the loan
in future then the wajib responsibility is removed, if any one of the two
conditions is not met it becomes wajib to support.
If son takes a loan to study and get a job
according to his status and thus would be able to pay the loan at a later date
after getting a job, it is still wajib upon the father to spend for his
education.
If the son can work but his work is very
difficult for him and not appropriate for him it is wajib to provide for him
until he finds an appropriate work.
The son is unable to work because he has gone to
study Islamic studies or has gone for jihad it is wajib upon the father to
provide for him.
The son does not work
because he’s lazy despite being able it is not wajib upon the father to provide
him