Is the husband obliged to pay for medicine and treatment?

Question

Question: The expenses incurred during Hinda’s illness — will they be obligatory upon Hinda’s husband, or should they be paid from Hinda’s own property? And for the days Hinda stayed with her mother with her husband’s consent — upon whom will the maintenance for those days be: upon the husband, or what?

Answer

If she stayed with her mother with the husband’s permission, then maintenance for those days is obligatory upon the husband. But whatever was spent on medicine and the like because of the illness is not wajib upon the husband; yes, if the husband pays that expense, it is a kindness on his part: [ar]ولا يجب الدواء للمرض ولا أجرة الطبيب ولا الفصد ولا الحجامة، كذا في السراج…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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