A father advising his son who abandons prayer and expelling him from the home
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Question:
He also asks and says: If a father advises his son regarding prayer, but the son is determined to abandon prayer, should the father expel him from his home, or should he consider our contemporary reality of societal corruption and keep him with him, continuing to advise him?
Answer:
If the son is able to be independent in housing, then he should expel him and have him live alone, and not keep him in his home while he does not pray. As for if the son is not able to live alone and he fears that his evil will increase if he expels him, then he keeps him, but with enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, overseeing him, and commanding him to pray, and he is patient with that.[Taha 20:132] He commands him to pray and remember Allah, as [Maryam 19:54-55]. Yes.
He also asks and says: If a father advises his son regarding prayer, but the son is determined to abandon prayer, should the father expel him from his home, or should he consider our contemporary reality of societal corruption and keep him with him, continuing to advise him?
Answer:
If the son is able to be independent in housing, then he should expel him and have him live alone, and not keep him in his home while he does not pray. As for if the son is not able to live alone and he fears that his evil will increase if he expels him, then he keeps him, but with enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, overseeing him, and commanding him to pray, and he is patient with that.
And enjoin prayer upon your family [and people] and be steadfast therein.
وَأْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَاصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْهَاIshmael. Indeed, he was true to his promise, and he was a messenger and a prophet. (55) And he used to enjoin on his people prayer and zakah
إِسْمَاعِيلَ إِنَّهُ كَانَ صَادِقَ الْوَعْدِ وَكَانَ رَسُولًا نَّبِيًّا وَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ أَهْلَهُ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 07 / فتاوى على الهواء - 20 02 1437هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (14:18)
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