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Of these, seven pertain specifically to oneself, five to those whom one is personally obligated to support, three relate to obligations arising from debt, five involve acts of devotion, and four pertain to expenditures in doing acts of kindness and generosity.
فَأَمَّا الْوُجُوهُ الَّتِي يَلْزَمُهُ فِيهَا النَّفَقَةُ عَلَى خَاصَّةِ نَفْسِهِ فَهِيَ مَطْعَمُهُ وَ مَشْرَبُهُ وَ مَلْبَسُهُ وَ مَنْكَحُهُ وَ مَخْدَمُهُ وَ عَطَاؤُهُ فِيمَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ عَلَى مَرَمَّةِ مَتَاعِهِ أَوْ حَمْلِهِ أَوْ حِفْظِهِ وَ مَعْنَى مَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ فَبَيِّنٌ نَحْوُ مَنْزِلِهِ أَوْ آلَةٍ مِنَ الْآلَاتِ يَسْتَعِينُ بِهَا عَلَى حَوَائِجِهِ ‘As for the expenditures that are obligatory upon a person for himself, they include his food, drink, clothing, marriage, servant, and payment for what he needs in terms of wages for repairing his belongings, transporting them, or safeguarding them.
The meaning of what he needs is clear, such as his home or tools he uses to be assisted with upon his needs.
وَ أَمَّا الْوُجُوهُ الْخَمْسُ الَّتِي يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ النَّفَقَةُ لِمَنْ يَلْزَمُهُ نَفْسُهُ فَعَلَى وَلَدِهِ وَ وَالِدَيْهِ وَ امْرَأَتِهِ وَ مَمْلُوكِهِ لَازِمٌ لَهُ ذَلِكَ فِي حَالِ الْيُسْرِ وَ الْعُسْرِ وَ أَمَّا الْوُجُوهُ الثَّلَاثَةُ الْمَفْرُوضَةُ مِنْ وُجُوهِ الدَّيْنِ فَالزَّكَاةُ الْمَفْرُوضَةُ الْوَاجِبَةُ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ وَ الْحَجُّ الْمَفْرُوضُ وَ الْجِهَادُ فِي إِبَّانِهِ وَ زَمَانِهِ ‘As for the five categories for which he is obligated to spend on those whom he is personally responsible for, they are his children, his parents, his wife, and his servant , this obligation is binding upon him in both times of ease and hardship.
As for the three obligatory categories related to religious duties, they are – the obligatory annual Zakat, the obligatory Hajj, and Jihad at its period and due time.
وَ أَمَّا الْوُجُوهُ الْخَمْسُ مِنْ وُجُوهِ الصِّلَاتِ النَّوَافِلِ فَصِلَةُ مَنْ فَوْقَهُ وَ صِلَةُ الْقَرَابَةِ وَ صِلَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ التَّنَفُّلُ فِي وُجُوهِ الصَّدَقَةِ وَ الْبِرِّ وَ الْعِتْقُ ‘And as for the five categories of voluntary charitable acts, these are – maintaining ties with those above him (i.e., parents), giving to relatives, giving to fellow believers, voluntary charity and acts of kindness, and the liberation (of slaves).
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