Abstract:
The issue of alimony is of great importance in Islamic law, 
because it is directly related to the family in general and the child in 
particular, as it always seeks to ensure and guarantee his rights in a 
way that guarantees him a decent and stable life. 
Our aim in this study is to summarize the issue of estimating the 
alimony of the child in custody in Islam by analyzing the legal texts 
from Quranic verses and prophetic hadiths in addition to the sayings 
of various ancient and contemporary jurists, in addition to the 
provisions contained in the matter of alimony in both Algerian law 
and various international conventions related to alimony The cuddled 
child so that we reached at the end of the research that it is 
customarily estimated according to the capabilities of the custodian 
according to the needs of the cuddled, taking into account the 
circumstances and ability of each of them and ensuring justice for 
both of them.