Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Sixth Fascicle

Each relative (within the definition of ‘zî rahm-i-mahram’) will pay
the amount of nafaqa in direct proportion to the amount of
property they would inherit as of that day. There are seven of
these people, who are consanguineous relatives and who therefore
are eternally mahram to the person to be paid nafaqa. The rich
ones of these people have to support their poor zî rahm-i-mahram
relatives, contributing equally to the support. If a (poor) person
has a maternal uncle and a son of their paternal uncle, their nafaqa
will be paid by his maternal uncle. For, supposing this person is
female, her maternal uncle is her mahram relative, while the son of
their paternal uncle is nâ mahram to her. It is not farz for a nâ
mahram relative to pay nafaqa. Mahram relatives pay the nafaqa
even when they do not inherit property. If a poor small child’s
mother, sister, and paternal uncle are all rich people, one-third of
her nafaqa will be paid by its mother, half of it by its sister, and the
remaining one-sixth by its paternal uncle. If a poor person has a
sister, a sister from the same father, and a sister uterine, all three
of them being rich, this person will be supported by the three
sisters collectively. Three-fifths of the nafaqa will be paid by the
sister, one-fifth of it by the sister from the same father, and the
remaining one-fifth by the sister uterine. For, if this person were
dead the inheritance would be shared at the same ratio by the
three sisters. It is stated in Behjet-ul-fatâwâ: “If a small child has a
mother, two sisters, and a paternal uncle, all of them rich people,
its mother and paternal uncle will pay two-sixths of the nafaqa,
one-sixth each, and the remaining four-sixths will be paid by its
sisters, two-sixths each.”
It is not farz to pay nafaqa to a non-Muslim zî rahm-i-mahram
relative. Yet it is farz to pay nafaqa to one’s parents, children and
wife, dhimmîs as they may be. With the exception of a husband
and a father who has poor children, it is not farz for any poor
person to pay nafaqa. And with the exception of one’s wife, it is
not farz to pay nafaqa to any rich person. A person whose property
is the amount of nisâb for the performance of qurbân, (i.e. a
person who has so much property as it has become wâjib for him
to perform the act of worship termed ‘qurbân’,) is a rich person [1] .
A person who does not possess that nisâb is called a poor person.
A father may sell property belonging to his son if he needs to do
[1] Please see the first and the fourth chapters of the fifth fascicle of
Endless Bliss for the nisâb of ‘zakât’ and that of ‘qurbân’,
respectively.
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