Advice to a Father Who Follows a Misguided Path
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Question:
The listener, Shyn Mym from Sudan, says: Praise and thanks belong to Allah. I am committed, but my father follows one of the paths in Sudan, and he is very strict. Honorable Shaykh Salih, how should I advise him? And with what should I advise him? And if he does not respond to my advice, how should I deal with him? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes. You should advise him by clarifying the followed Sunnah for him and warning him against bid'ah (religious innovation), as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 1578Sahih (Darussalam) You should urge him to follow and to hold fast to the Sunnah, or refer him to the scholars among you, the scholars of the people of the Sunnah, so that they may advise him and clarify it for him? Yes.
The listener, Shyn Mym from Sudan, says: Praise and thanks belong to Allah. I am committed, but my father follows one of the paths in Sudan, and he is very strict. Honorable Shaykh Salih, how should I advise him? And with what should I advise him? And if he does not respond to my advice, how should I deal with him? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes. You should advise him by clarifying the followed Sunnah for him and warning him against bid'ah (religious innovation), as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
every newly-invented thing is an innovation and every innovation is going astray, and every going astray is in the Fire
فإن كل محدثة بدعة وكل بدعة ضلالة وكل ضلالة في النار.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7486 — youtube.com (7:24)
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