Matn Abī Shujāʿ - Abu Shuja' - (36)

separate feedings. In that case, her husband becomes a father to the child, and it is unlawful for the nursling to marry either her or anyone related to her. Likewise, it is unlawful for the wet-nurse herself to marry the nursling or any of his descendants, though she may lawfully marry someone of his generation or an earlier one.

Section Financial support for the two vertical lines of kin—the parents above and the children below—is obligatory.

• Parents: their maintenance is due when two conditions coincide—poverty together with chronic incapacity, or poverty together with insanity.
• Children: their maintenance is due under any of three combinations—poverty with minority, poverty with chronic incapacity, or poverty with insanity.

The maintenance of slaves and livestock is likewise obligatory, and they must not be burdened with work beyond their ability.

A wife who makes herself available to her husband is entitled to maintenance, the amount of which is fixed. If the husband is wealthy, he must provide two mudds of the staple food that predominates in her locale each day, together with the customary relishes and clothing. If he is poor, he owes one mudd of the local staple, plus the relishes and clothing typical for people of limited means. If he is of average means, then one and a half mudds, with moderate relishes and clothing. Should she be of a station where having a servant is the norm, he must supply her with a servant. If he becomes unable to provide her maintenance, she may seek annulment of the marriage, and the same right applies if he is unable to pay the dower before consummation.

Section When a man separates from his wife and they have a child, she has the superior right to custody until the child reaches seven years of age. After that, the child is given the choice between the two parents, and custody is awarded to whichever parent the child chooses.

The qualifications for entitlement to custody are seven: sanity, freedom, adherence to Islam, chastity, trustworthiness, residence in the same locality, and being free of a husband. If any one of these conditions is lacking, the right to custody lapses.

رضعات متفرقات ويصير زوجها أبا له ويحرم على المرضع التزويج إليها وإلى كل من ناسبها ويحرم عليها التزويج إلى المرضع وولده دون من كان في درجته أو أعلى طبقة منه. "فصل" ونفقة العمودين من الأهل واجبة للوالدين والمولودين فأما الوالدون: فتجب نفقتهم بشرطين الفقر والزمانة أو الفقر والجنون وأما المولودون فتجب نفقتهم بثلاث شرائط الفقر والصغر أو الفقر والزمانة أو الفقر والجنون ونفقة الرقيق والبهائم واجبة ولا يكلفون من العمل ما لا يطيقون ونفقة الزوجة الممكنة من نفسها واجبة وهي مقدرة فإن كان الزوج موسرا فمدان من غالب قوتها ومن الأدم والكسوة ما جرت به العادة وإن كان معسرا فمد من غاب قوت البلد وما يأتدم به المعسرون ويكسونه وإن كان متوسطا فمد ونصف ومن الأدم والكسوة الوسط وإن كانت ممن يخدم مثلها فعليه إخدامها وإن أعسر بنفقتها فلها فسح النكاح وكذلك أن أعسر بالصداق قبل الدخول. "فصل" وإذا فارق الرجل زوجته وله منها ولد فهي أحق بحضانته إلى سبع سنين ثم يخير بين أبويه فأيهما اختار سلم إليه, وشرائط الحضانة سبع العقل والحرية والدين والعفة والأمانة والإقامة والخلو من زوج فإن اختل منها شرط سقطت.