Who has the primary right to nurse a sick male child residing with the father after age seven?
Chapter on Who is More Entitled to Child Custody
Al-Mughni
Book of Maintenance (Nafaqāt)
Primary text
If the male child becomes ill while residing with the father, the mother has the greater right to nurse him in her home. This is because illness renders him like a young child in need of someone to manage his affairs, thus granting the mother precedence, similar to her right over a small child.