Fathwa, - A wife contacting her ex-husband to discuss thefuture of their child

Question
assalm alkm. im second wife to my husband ..i have one girl baby of my
x husband. i want to know whether i can contact x husband and speak
..i want to ask him the money for my baby`s education and future. can
i ask him. do islam allows to speak to x husband after kula or
thalaq.. can we meet him just to ask money for the baby`s
future....please tell me..because my hubby is not spending money on my
baby he denies ...just he gives only fees for the school. that is not
enough so can i ask x husband for money ....
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that
Muhammadis His slave and Messenger.
Your ex-husband has become a non-Mahram to you, and it is not
permissible for a woman to speak with a non-Mahram man except for a
need and provided that the religious pre-conditions are met as we
clarified in Fatwa 85201.
So, if you need to speak with him, this is permissible but you should
not be in seclusion with him or in a place of suspicion or involved in
any other thing that contradicts the Sharee'ah or could be a reason
for temptation.
It should be mentioned that education fees is not included in the
obligatory spending )upon the husband for his wife( according to the
view of many scholarsalthough some of them are of the view that it is
included.
We also wish to mention that a husband is not obliged to spend on the
children of his wife from a previous marriage and we have already
clarified this.
Allaah Knows best.-

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