Where should a male child reside after the age of seven if he stays with the father?
Chapter on Who is More Entitled to Child Custody
Al-Mughni
Book of Maintenance (Nafaqāt)
Primary text
If the male child stays with the father, he remains with him day and night. He is not prevented from visiting his mother, as preventing him from doing so constitutes inciting disobedience (uquq) and severing kinship ties.