Can a wealthy mother contribute to her children's expenses if the father is in hardship, taking into account that Qatar's Family Law obligates a wealthy mother to provide for her child if the father or paternal grandfather is deceased or in hardship?

The issue of a financially capable mother claiming reimbursement from an insolvent father for what she spent on their child is a matter of disagreement among scholars:

- Some Hanafis and Hanbalis, and the apparent view of the Maliki and Hanbali schools, hold that the mother can claim reimbursement from the father if he becomes solvent. - Other Hanafis, and one opinion within the Hanbali school, hold that she cannot claim reimbursement from him. - The Fiqh Encyclopedia stipulates for reimbursement from the father, if he was insolvent, that the spending must have been ordered by a judge, or intended for reimbursement with a witness or an oath. - Jurists agree that the child's maintenance is primarily obligatory upon the father, and if he refuses, he is compelled to provide it. - Some scholars hold that a wealthy wife who spends on her insolvent husband cannot claim reimbursement from him. - The conditions for the father's obligation to provide maintenance for his children are: the child must be free, poor, and unable to earn a living; and the father must be free, able to provide maintenance, and his expenses must exceed his own needs.