Is it permissible for a father to curse his children?
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Question:
He says: My father urges us to do worldly deeds a lot, knowing that he does not urge us to do deeds for the Hereafter or for taqwa (mindfulness of Allah). And when we oppose him in some matters, he curses us. Is he right?
Answer:
Yes, you must do deeds for the Hereafter and do the worldly deeds that you need.
Do not work only for the world and work for the Hereafter. It is obligatory for you to work for your world to the extent that it suffices you from asking people, and to work for your Hereafter. Praise be to Allah, working in permissible and good matters is not a problem, but on the condition that it does not dominate the work for the Hereafter. So, work for the Hereafter in its time and work for the world in its time.
When you have completed the prayer,[Al-Jumu'ah 62:9] up to the phrase [Al-Jumu'ah 62:10], meaning seek sustenance, it combines worship and seeking sustenance, and there is no harm in that. Allah the Exalted said: [An-Nur 24:36] [An-Nur 24:37] He did not say that they do not sell or buy, but rather He said that trade should not distract them from the remembrance of Allah. If it does not distract you from the remembrance of Allah, then trade is good, and the truthful merchant will be with the prophets, the truthful, and the martyrs on the Day of Resurrection, the truthful merchant. So trade is good and does not conflict with worship; worship has its time, and trade has its time. If your parents order you to abandon worship and occupy yourselves with worldly affairs, do not obey them, for there is no obedience to a creation in disobedience to the Creator. However, if they order you to seek sustenance at its proper time and perform worship at its proper time, then obey them in that, because this is a prescribed matter. Yes.
He says: My father urges us to do worldly deeds a lot, knowing that he does not urge us to do deeds for the Hereafter or for taqwa (mindfulness of Allah). And when we oppose him in some matters, he curses us. Is he right?
Answer:
Yes, you must do deeds for the Hereafter and do the worldly deeds that you need.
Do not work only for the world and work for the Hereafter. It is obligatory for you to work for your world to the extent that it suffices you from asking people, and to work for your Hereafter. Praise be to Allah, working in permissible and good matters is not a problem, but on the condition that it does not dominate the work for the Hereafter. So, work for the Hereafter in its time and work for the world in its time.
When you have completed the prayer,
O you who have believed, when [the adhan] is called for the prayer on the day of Jumu'ah [Friday], then proceed to the remembrance of Allah and leave trade.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نُودِيَ لِلصَّلَاةِ مِن يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَاسْعَوْا إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَذَرُوا الْبَيْعَAnd when the prayer has been concluded, disperse within the land and seek from the bounty of Allah
فَإِذَا قُضِيَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَانتَشِرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَابْتَغُوا مِن فَضْلِ اللَّهِ[Such niches are] in mosques which Allah has ordered to be raised and that His name be mentioned therein; exalting Him within them in the morning and the evenings
فِي بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ اللَّهُ أَن تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ فِيهَا بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ[Are] men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah
رِجَالٌ لَّا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَارَةٌ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يحق للوالد أن يدعو على أبنائه؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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