Is it permissible to lie to my father about my brother’s call out of compassion for him?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This is Umm 'Abd al-'Aziz from Ha'il, and she has a set of questions. She says: My father is very worried about my brother. Sometimes my brother travels to a place, and then my father asks, "Did your brother call? Did he speak on the phone?" Is it permissible for me to say that he called when he did not? My father is old and sick, and if my brother is traveling at night, my father does not sleep until my brother calls, and he becomes very tired. Please guide us in this matter.

Answer:
Yes, there is no doubt in a father’s compassion for his son, especially if he is old. But you must tell your son about this compassion and this concern of the father to follow up on his news. So tell your brother about it, so that he calls him and increases his calls. This is the solution. Tell him that the father is distressed and asks for news about him, so he increases his calls to reassure his father. Yes.