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Who has more rights over the 9-year-old girl: the father or the mother?

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They have a child girl of 9 years old, who has got more right on the child father or mother? Does the father have the right to demand for the child?

Answer

(Fatwa: 455/455/M=1433)

The mother is responsible for the nourishment of daughter upto 9 years of age while the expenses shall be born by the father. After 9 years, the father can take the daughter in her custody.

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband

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