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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Jihad Without the Permission of the Parents

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I am an enthusiastic young man who desires to go out in the path of Allah in Kashmir and Chechnya, but my parents are preventing me from doing so. Is it permissible for me to go without their permission? If I go without their permission, what is the ruling? And what is the consequence for me if I am martyred in the path of Allah while they did not give me permission? I ask for an answer with evidence, may Allah preserve you.

Answer:
It is obligatory for him to obey his father, and jihad in Chechnya or elsewhere against the Muslims is not obligatory for him; this is recommended (mustahabb) in its recommendation. Obeying the parents is obligatory, and he must respond to it. A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wanting to go out in the path of Allah, and he said to him (peace and blessings be upon him)
Are your parents living?" The man said, "Yes." the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Doأحي الوالدة؟ قال نعم قال ففيهما فجاء
Sahih al-Bukhari 5972
In them is permissible,فيهما فجائز،
This is a text on the matter that obeying the parents takes precedence.
Except for the jihad that is an individual obligation (fard 'ayn), such as if the imam called for it, or if an enemy entered the country, or if he was present at the battle, then he does not refrain from it due to asceticism; this is an individual obligation (fard 'ayn). How does he enter into it? Because it is an individual obligation (fard 'ayn). As for what is other than this, it is recommended (mustahabb), and obeying the parents takes precedence, meaning this is one of the recommended acts. Yes. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/23 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:28:58)

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