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    Question ID: 37216Country: India

    Title: 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?

    Question: 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 ID: 37216

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (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, India