Amount of Maintenance Obligatory Upon the Husband in Islam

Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri

❖ Question:

What amount of maintenance (nafaqah) is obligatory upon the husband?

✿ Answer:

No specific amount of maintenance has been fixed by the Sharīʿah. Rather, maintenance is obligatory according to the financial capacity of the husband.

❀ The Divine Command of Allah Almighty:

﴿عَلَى الْمُوسِعِ قَدَرُهُ وَعَلَى الْمُقْتِرِ قَدَرُهُ﴾

Translation:

“Upon the affluent is according to his means, and upon the one of limited means is according to his capacity.”