What is the ruling on a father who neglects his children and leaves them with people of evil, such that they are subjected to lewd acts?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on a father who leaves his children with his business while they are young, having no power or strength? People of weak character, may Allah curse them, come and commit sodomy with them, refuge with Allah from that. What is the ruling on this father regarding his son?
The Shaykh:
What? With his business.
The questioner:
He says, may Allah keep you safe: What is the ruling on a father who leaves his children with his business while they are young?
The Shaykh:
His business? Yes, indeed. What does the business have to do with it? The one who neglects his children, whether with a business or by neglecting them, leaving them in the streets, leaving them in the company of the wicked, or leaving them to go with those who do not believe, exposes them to falling into lewd acts. It is obligatory for the father to care for his children just as a shepherd cares for his sheep: he follows them, watches over them, and does not neglect them. If a shepherd leaves his sheep in a land with lions and sleeps, the lion takes over their grazing. The father is like the shepherd of sheep; he must care for his children and not let them be absent from him, nor entrust their affairs to them, or say, "Let them go, I am sleeping," or "Let me rest, let them go out," as some fathers say. This is a responsibility before Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on a father who leaves his children with his business while they are young, having no power or strength? People of weak character, may Allah curse them, come and commit sodomy with them, refuge with Allah from that. What is the ruling on this father regarding his son?
The Shaykh:
What? With his business.
The questioner:
He says, may Allah keep you safe: What is the ruling on a father who leaves his children with his business while they are young?
The Shaykh:
His business? Yes, indeed. What does the business have to do with it? The one who neglects his children, whether with a business or by neglecting them, leaving them in the streets, leaving them in the company of the wicked, or leaving them to go with those who do not believe, exposes them to falling into lewd acts. It is obligatory for the father to care for his children just as a shepherd cares for his sheep: he follows them, watches over them, and does not neglect them. If a shepherd leaves his sheep in a land with lions and sleeps, the lion takes over their grazing. The father is like the shepherd of sheep; he must care for his children and not let them be absent from him, nor entrust their affairs to them, or say, "Let them go, I am sleeping," or "Let me rest, let them go out," as some fathers say. This is a responsibility before Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [52 -954] ما حكم الأب الذي يهمل أولاده ويتركهم مع أهل السوء، فيُفْعل بهم الفاحشة؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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