Is a wife entitled to maintenance if she is a minor capable of consummation or insane, and she offers submission to an absent husband?

Chapter on the Condition in which Maintenance is Obligatory on the Husband

Al-Mughni

Book of Maintenance (Nafaqāt)

Book 46 · Issue 4 · Bab 2

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If the wife is a minor capable of intercourse or is insane, and she submits herself and the husband takes possession, maintenance is obligatory upon him, similar to a mature woman. However, if the husband does not take possession because she prevents herself or her guardians prevent her, she is not entitled to maintenance.