Section: Is it permissible for a woman to give charity from her husband's wealth in small amounts without his permission? There are two narrations [in our school]. One of them is that it is permissible; this is because Aisha said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Whatever a woman spends from her husband's house, without causing waste, she shall have her reward, and he shall have the like of it for what he earned, and she shall have [reward] for what she spent, and the keeper shall have the like of that, without any of their rewards being diminished in the least." He did not mention [any requirement for] permission. Also, from Asma', she came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have nothing except what al-Zubayr brings to me, so is there any blame on me if I give a small gift (ardakha) from what he brings to me?" He replied: "Give a small gift as you are able, and do not withhold (tu'i), lest [it be] withheld (yu'a) from you." [Both are] agreed upon. It was also narrated that a woman came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, we are dependents upon our husbands and our fathers, so what is lawful for us from their wealth?" He said: "The fresh produce (al-ratb) that you eat, and give as a gift."
(10) Meaning: Give a small amount. (11) Meaning: Do not be stingy with the expenditure. (12) In Sahih Muslim: "Allah will withhold from you." (13) The first was recorded by al-Bukhari, in: Chapter on one who commands his servant to give charity and does not hand it over himself, Chapter on the reward of the servant if he gives charity..., Chapter on the reward of the woman if she gives charity..., from the Book of Zakat, and in Chapter on the saying of Allah the Almighty: {Spend from the good things which you have earned} from the Book of Transactions. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/139, 141, 142, 3/73. And Muslim, in: Chapter on the reward of the trustworthy treasurer and the woman if she gives charity, from the Book of Zakat. Sahih Muslim 2/710. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: Chapter on the woman giving charity from her husband's house, from the Book of Zakat. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/391, 392. And al-Tirmidhi, in: Chapter on the maintenance of a woman from her husband's house, from the Chapters of Zakat. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 3/177. And al-Nasa'i, in: Chapter on the woman's charity from her husband's house, from the Book of Zakat. Al-Mujtaba 5/49. And Ibn Majah, in: Chapter on what a woman has from her husband's wealth, from the Book of Commerce. Sunan Ibn Majah 2/770. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 6/44. The second [hadith] was recorded by al-Bukhari, in: Chapter on charity as much as one is able, from the Book of Zakat, and in: Chapter on a woman's gift to someone other than her husband..., from the Book of Gifts. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/141, 3/203. And Muslim, in: Chapter on the encouragement of spending and the dislike of hoarding/counting, from the Book of Zakat. Sahih Muslim 2/714. It was also recorded by al-Nasa'i, in: Chapter on counting/hoarding in charity, from the Book of Zakat. Al-Mujtaba 5/55. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 6/345, 346, 353. (14) Al-Ratb: That which cannot be stored and does not last, such as fruits and vegetables.
