Q: Please be informed Your Honor that the government gives an annual financial assistance via social insurance to handicapped males and females throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including Bishah province. This aid is given to the parents of the handicapped who spend the aid on their personal needs, agricultural works, and their other children neglecting the handicapped. Some parents of the handicapped are not in need as they are given another type of monetary aid from social security in addition to their salaries, agricultural revenues, and their children's work in public posts. My question is: Are these parents authorized to spend this money on their personal needs and agricultural projects while neglecting their handicapped children? Should the money be collected and saved till the handicapped child reaches puberty and then be spent on them? Is it permissible to give charity from this money on their behalf although they are not obliged to fulfill their Islamic duties due to their mental disabilities? We ask that you reply in writing so parents (Part No. 14; Page No. 213) will be aware of their rights and duties towards those children, and for the Muslims within the province to be able to benefit from this.