The ruling on attending weddings that contain wrongdoings and taking one's parents to them
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Question:
The questioner says: It is not hidden from you what is in these weddings these days of great wrongdoings, in clothing, singing, and imitating the disbelievers. So what is the solution if my parents want me to take them to the weddings? And we seek advice for the committed young men who attend and tarnish the reputation of the committed.
Answer:
This is your duty, the duty of students of knowledge, that they guide the people and advise them. They forbid them from extravagance, waste, and displaying sins.
This is your duty. Your duty toward the Muslims in general and toward your relatives in particular. And if you know that this celebration contains wrongdoings and you and your father are unable to change them, then say to him: O my father, this is not permissible. It is not permissible for you to go to it.
And if he insists, say: I am not going to take you; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) saysMishkat al-Masabih 3696, [Al-Ma'idah 5:2]. Yes.
The questioner says: It is not hidden from you what is in these weddings these days of great wrongdoings, in clothing, singing, and imitating the disbelievers. So what is the solution if my parents want me to take them to the weddings? And we seek advice for the committed young men who attend and tarnish the reputation of the committed.
Answer:
This is your duty, the duty of students of knowledge, that they guide the people and advise them. They forbid them from extravagance, waste, and displaying sins.
This is your duty. Your duty toward the Muslims in general and toward your relatives in particular. And if you know that this celebration contains wrongdoings and you and your father are unable to change them, then say to him: O my father, this is not permissible. It is not permissible for you to go to it.
And if he insists, say: I am not going to take you; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) says
A creature is not to be obeyed when it involves disobedience to the "Creator.”
لا طاعة لمخلوق في معصية الخالقAnd cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [314] حكم حضور الأعراس التي فيها منكرات والذهاب بالوالدين - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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