How should children deal with their father who does not fast and does not pray
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The questioner : The questioner says that his father drinks intoxicants, and Allah knows best about his fasting, so is it obligatory for me to leave him?
The Shaykh : Pray. Pray.
The questioner : That his father does not pray and drinks intoxicants, and Allah knows best about his fasting, so is it obligatory for me to leave him?
The Shaykh : If your father is of this description, not praying and drinking intoxicants, and Allah knows best about his fasting, then he is a disbeliever, may Allah protect us from that. Even if he fasts, his fasting is rejected, because no deed is accepted from a disbeliever. Allah the Exalted said:[At-Tawbah 9:54] So if this is the case...
...this is regarding spending, which is not accepted even though its benefit extends to others. So what about other acts of worship whose benefit does not extend to others? Rejecting them from a disbeliever is even more so. It is permissible for you to leave this father because he is an apostate, may Allah protect us from that. But I say: if you leave him, be good to him, do not forget his good companionship in this world, and give him advice so that perhaps Allah the Exalted will guide him.
The Shaykh : Pray. Pray.
The questioner : That his father does not pray and drinks intoxicants, and Allah knows best about his fasting, so is it obligatory for me to leave him?
The Shaykh : If your father is of this description, not praying and drinking intoxicants, and Allah knows best about his fasting, then he is a disbeliever, may Allah protect us from that. Even if he fasts, his fasting is rejected, because no deed is accepted from a disbeliever. Allah the Exalted said:
And what prevents their expenditures from being accepted from them but that they have disbelieved in Allah and in His Messenger and that they come not to prayer except while they are lazy and that they do not spend except while they are unwilling.
وَمَا مَنَعَهُمْ أَن تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ نَفَقَاتُهُمْ إِلَّا أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِ وَلَا يَأْتُونَ الصَّلَاةَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كُسَالَىٰ وَلَا يُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كَارِهُونَ...this is regarding spending, which is not accepted even though its benefit extends to others. So what about other acts of worship whose benefit does not extend to others? Rejecting them from a disbeliever is even more so. It is permissible for you to leave this father because he is an apostate, may Allah protect us from that. But I say: if you leave him, be good to him, do not forget his good companionship in this world, and give him advice so that perhaps Allah the Exalted will guide him.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، لقاء[174 من 200] كيف يتعامل الأبناء مع زالدهم الذي لا يصوم ولا يصلي -ابن عثيمين - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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