Giving the mother an allowance to the son without the father's knowledge

Question
A wife gives her son half a dinar from the household expenses every day for school secretly from his father; because his father does not give him or spend on him. Is she sinful for this act, and when the father asks her if the son received an allowance, she replies no. Is she sinful for this act?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: It is not permissible for her to take from the father's money or household expenses for another matter without the husband's permission, and she must convince the husband of the necessity of paying the expenses, and she is feared to incur sin because of that, and God knows best.
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